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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2732/757ecdeb-0d32-4317-8d0e-859fb2c87b34_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title=' One US Immigrant's Long Road to Asylum' data-article-id='3293'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10354'>People who request asylum after entering the United States illegally are much more likely to be denied than approved.</span> <span data-start-time='10354' data-end-time='15688'>That information comes from the U.S. Department of Justice.</span> <span data-start-time='15688' data-end-time='29125'>Out of around 120,000 asylum requests by people who entered the country illegally in 2017, only about 7,000 were approved.</span> <span data-start-time='29125' data-end-time='32854'>That makes Sergio very lucky.</span> <span data-start-time='32854' data-end-time='42979'>Sergio is a 64-year-old man from Mexico who asked to only be known by his first name.</span> <span data-start-time='42979' data-end-time='49021'>In Spanish, he told VOA his reasoning for coming to the U.S.</span> <span data-start-time='49021' data-end-time='57521'>“I came to the United States in 1992 because there was not a lot of work down there,” he said.</span> <span data-start-time='57521' data-end-time='68063'>But under the “zero tolerance” policy of the administration of President Donald Trump, Sergio was targeted for deportation.</span> <span data-start-time='68063' data-end-time='75063'>That happened after he was arrested for drunkenness in May of last year.</span> <span data-start-time='75063' data-end-time='83563'>Asylum requests that are made after an illegal entry are called “defensive asylum” requests.</span> <span data-start-time='83563' data-end-time='87208'>They are handled by the Department of Justice.</span> <span data-start-time='87208' data-end-time='95938'>Asylum requests made by people who came to the U.S. legally are called “affirmative asylum” requests.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2732/fe3e6453-8000-42d4-8697-18a82d5a2d3c_tv_w1023_r1.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=11294 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2732/people_who_request_what_after_entering_the_united_states_illegally_are_much_more_likely_to_be_denied_than_approved.wav'>People who request what after entering the United States illegally are much more likely to be denied than approved?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='asylum'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2732/asylum.wav'><span>asylum</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2732/financial_assistance.wav'><span>financial assistance</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2732/housing.wav'><span>housing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2732/food.wav'><span>food</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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