"federal officials conduct[ed] a wide investigation of immigration fraud in New York’s Chinese population. The inquiry has led to the prosecution of at least 30 people — lawyers * * *, paralegals, interpreters and even an employee of a church, who is on trial, accused of coaching asylum applicants in basic tenets of Christianity to prop up their claims of religious persecution. All were charged with helping hundreds of Chinese immigrants apply for asylum using false tales of persecution. * * * No asylum applicants were prosecuted in this case; officials have generally reserved their contempt for the lawyers, paralegals and others accused of orchestrating the frauds.
"More Chinese immigrants apply for asylum than any other immigrant group in the country, with the Chinese population in New York leading the way: Over the past six years, about half of all applications filed by Chinese immigrants not facing deportation were submitted in New York City. (Comparable data for asylum applications from those in deportation proceedings was not available.) In fiscal year 2012, Chinese immigrants filed more than 62 percent of all asylum cases received by the federal asylum office in New York, which in recent years has received more Chinese applications than the next 10 nationalities combined. * * * federal officials appear to regard the applicant pool in New York with considerable suspicion. In fiscal year 2013, asylum officers around the country granted 40 percent of all Chinese asylum requests, according to government data. In New York City, asylum officers approved only 15 percent.
"Between 2000 and 2011, the foreign-born Chinese population in New York City grew by a third, to more than 350,000 from about 261,500, and is now on the verge of overtaking Dominicans as the city’s largest immigrant group, according to New York’s City Planning Department.
"In fiscal year 2012, about 56,400 asylum applications were filed in asylum offices or in courts throughout the country. In the same year, about 29,500 people were granted asylum, the most since 2002, when 37,000 received it.
"Among the Chinese, the vast majority of applicants claim they were either forced to endure abortions or sterilization under China’s family planning laws or that they fear persecution based on their adherence to Christianity or their participation in banned groups like the Chinese Democracy Party and Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that has been labeled a cult by the government.
Note:
(a) The last sentence of quotation 1 does not say those who filed false applications (and thus committed immigration fraud) are deported or in the process.
(b) Regarding quotation 3, I am unsure whether it alludes to immigrants (legal and/or illegal) or non-immigrants (such as students, employees of multinationals), or all. So I read the report. See next posting.
(c) The translation does NOT have a graphic (heading: Rejected Refugees") of three panels, published in the English-language original.
作者: choi 时间: 2-26-2014 10:45
The Newest New Yorker; Charactics of the city's foreign-born population. (2013 ed) Department of City Planning, New York City, December 2013. www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny2013/nny_2013.pdf
Highlights of the Report; Overall (at pages 2-3 of Chapter 1 of the Report)
Quote:
“3. Although New York’s foreign-born population increased only modestly since 2000, from 2.9 million to just over 3 million in 2011, it marked a new peak.
“The Dominican Republic was the largest source of the foreign-born in 2011, with 380,200 residents, followed by China (350,200) in second place. While these rankings have held since 1990, Dominican population growth in the last decade was 3 percent, compared with 34 percent for China. If these growth rates hold, the Chinese would likely be the city’s largest immigrant group in the next few years.
“4. Immigrants from Mexico moved into 3rd place in 2011, with a 52 percent increase over 2000.
“The Mexican population, which numbered 186,300, was followed by Jamaica (169,200) and Guyana (139,900). Ecuador, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, India, and Russia rounded out the top 10 groups. Thus the foreign-born in 2011 had very diverse origins, in contrast to the overwhelmingly European origin of the foreign-born in earlier
decades. Russia was the only European country to make the top 10 in 2011.
“5. The top sources of the foreign-born population for the U.S. differed markedly from those for New York City.
“Mexicans dominated the U.S. immigrant population, accounting for nearly 3-in-10 of the nation’s 40 million foreign-born. China was the second largest source country for the U.S., followed by India, the Philippines, El Salvador, Vietnam, Cuba, Korea, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. In contrast, the city’s immigrant population was more diverse, with Dominicans, the largest immigrant group in the city, accounting for only
12 percent of the foreign-born. Six countries on the nation’s top 10 list—Philippines, El Salvador, Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, and Guatemala—were not among the city’s top 10 groups, and the last 3 were not even among the city’s top 20 groups.
* * *
“7. A majority of the foreign-born are now naturalized citizens.
“Partly as a result, the entry of immigrants with family ties to legal permanent residents (“green card” holders) has fallen, while visas to immediate relatives of U.S. citizens have increased dramatically. Visas to those with ties to permanent residents are numerically limited and entail long waiting periods, as opposed to visas for immediate relatives, which are exempt from any limit. The increase in naturalization has allowed for greater use of immediate relative visas, which paves the way for quicker immigrant entry. * * *
“8. The ceiling on the annual allotment for asylees was lifted in 2005 to clear a large backlog,
resulting in a big increase in the number of asylees admitted, especially from China.
“Asylees now comprise over 40 percent of the fl ow from China. The growth in asylees made China the top source of newly admitted immigrants to the city.