Many of the people who may well be entitled to it. dont apply. We never hear about them. Others do apply with very poorly done applications. All we have to go by is the application. Senator SPECTER. Mr. Abrams. I can understand that you didnt have the application for this one person. But there is a feeling among Guatemalans that it is hopeless to apply. If you can only respond to the ones that do apply and less than onehalf of 1 percent have asylum granted. it may be that 99.6 percent dont deserve it. But that is a little hard to believe. really.
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Generalization about Guatemalans feeling it is hopeless to apply for asylum.