A look at immigrant children winning asylum in numbers

Published June 01, 2016

Alejandro Lopez, of Des Moines, Iowa, left, talks with his son Jonathan about his application for asylum, Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in Clive, Iowa. For immigrant children seeking asylum in the U.S., where they apply seems to make a world of difference. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (The Associated Press)

More than 10,000 unaccompanied immigrant children arriving on the border over the past two years have applied for asylum. As of January, asylum officers had decided on nearly 5,800 of their applications, according to data obtained by The Associated Press.

The approval rate for the cases varied widely across the U.S. government's eight asylum offices.

Here's a look at the offices handling these children's cases:

Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services data.

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