Professor Jennifer Gordon was quoted in a Politifact Texas article about the additional reasons for the dismissal of asylum cases outside of whether or not they are deemed valid.
The truth is, about 20 to 30 percent of asylum requests have been granted annually since 2009, but experts said that does not mean that the remaining 70 to 80 percent of cases are invalid. There are many reasons why an asylum case might otherwise be dismissed or closed.
…Jennifer Gordon, a law professor at Fordham Law School, said cases can be dismissed for a number of reasons unrelated to the merits of an individual’s claim.
“Many cases are denied for procedural reasons not related to the merit of the claim, or because the applicants are unrepresented or poorly represented and therefore don’t have the chance to make their case in an effective way,” she told PolitiFact.