The asylum process on a larger scale is also subject to incorrect decisions that later have to be overturned.

Immigration officials stress that the asylum process is both confidential and separate from law enforcement.

A new law in December halted the asylum process.

All those who have begun the asylum process may legally work in the United States.

His group favors removing the service from the asylum process.

The latest change comes after nearly a decade of government efforts to tighten the asylum process.

Officials fear that many claimants use the asylum process simply to gain permission to work.

The term is controversial as it implies an abuse of the asylum process.

Only when the asylum process is complete must those persons who are not allowed to stay be liable to pay these fines.

In the report, the Commission is urged to introduce measures to speed up the asylum process.