Next Time You Manage to Escape From Your War-Ravaged Country Without Documents, Try Miami

According to a federal study, whether asylum seekers are granted refuge depends largely on where they first arrive. The New York Times reports that the Big Apple is an unfortunate choice:

By any measure, Kennedy Airport stands apart as the toughest for asylum seekers. It was the only airport in the nation where shackles were routinely used, the only place where intensely personal interviews were typically conducted at public counters, and the airport where federal border agents sent the most people back to their home country immediately—nearly 11,000 in a three-year period, or five times the number sent for in-depth interviews with an asylum officer, the report said.

Meanwhile, the House just voted on a bill that would make it easier to deport those who make it through the interrogation process and out of the airport.