Most Latinos entering the United States think they will get lawful residence status by applying for asylum, but the statistics prove that idea wrong. Latinos truly fear persecution by powerful forces in their home countries, but the U.S. government doesn’t consider their cases deserving of an asylum grant.
If you are a Latino fearing persecution in your home country your likely chance of winning is about 25 percent. For most Latinos, the odds are against them because the present asylum system is antiquated and designed for Cold War scenarios, like Russian victims of persecution, who fear communist and dictatorial government actions. In Latin America, the persecutors are gangs and drug dealers who control the government or that the government cannot or will not control; however, that argument in a case usually gets you denied in the present antiquated system. This needs to change!