Figure undermines Democratic criticism that White House is anti-immigran

1. That included a 61 percent increase from 2017 to 2018 in affirmative asylum applications  though refugee interviews are down from more than 1250,000 in 2016, the last year under President Barack Obama, to just 26,400 in fiscal year 2018 under President Trump.
2. Still, when the whole panoply of humanitarian programs is considered asylum, refugees, crime victim visas, Temporary Protected Status and screening for credible fear or reasonable fear of persecution the numbers were 32 percent higher than fiscal year 2017.
3. Still, the Fraud Detection and National Security division reported 149,3000 investigative leads or actions year a 14 percent increase over 2017.
4. Homeland Security reached a five-year high in approvals of citizenship applications last year, and swore in more people as naturalized citizens as well, according to the new statistical report released Friday night.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/31/dhs-says-citizenship-approvals-rose-2018/