With federal authorities tightening the standards along with an increase in Central American migrants this year, yet immigrants who enter the country illegally are getting less eligibility to seek asylum.

Detained migrants who have claimed that they are scared to go back to their home country due to credible fear of persecution or torture have met that criterion nearly 63% had claimed and proved to be positive, as per the report released by immigrant-right groups by US Citizenship and Immigration Services. According to agency official, immigrants with little or no chance of obtaining asylum in immigration court are quickly sent home.

According to Immigrant advocates, the tougher screening criteria are preventing many immigrants from being able to make a case for asylum before a judge. It’s turning away people who may very well have been entitled to asylum protection

Unaccompanied children arriving from Central America don’t go through the credible-fear process, as they are routed to the court system directly.