MSNBC Hallie Jackson Reports June 4, 2024 14:42:00
U.s. for claiming persecution in their home e growing backlog. in and there are thousands of cases. >> and this attorney's first application was his own and he co-founded the lgbt asylum project to help others. you describe the backlog as a black hole. what else needs to be done? >> unless we hire more asylum officers to adjudicate these cases, they will stay pending forever because no one is opening those folders. >> reporter: president biden has september a bill to congress that would in part provide more money to help reduce the asylum backlog which is now up to more than 386,000overall. th...
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