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Immigration judges denied asylum claims at a record rate in FY2018, according to a new report from Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) that tracks immigration court cases. According to the report, judges rejected 65% of claims between Oct. 1, 2017 and Sept. 30, 2018, while 78.6% of asylum claims entered by individuals from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala were denied.

The Washington Times reported on new findings by the Center for Immigration Studies that 63% of households headed by non-citizens access at least one welfare program, compared to 35% of households headed by U.S. citizens.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government is considering reducing its annual legal immigration cap from 190,000 to 160,000, a 16 percent reduction. Morrison said “Australians in our biggest cities are concerned about population. They are saying: enough, enough, enough. The roads are clogged, the buses and trains are full. The schools are taking no more enrollments. I hear what you are saying. I hear you loud and clear.”

NBC News reported on a survey conducted by El Universal, a popular Mexican newspaper, that found about seven in 10 Mexicans have a negative view about caravan migrants. 52 percent of Mexicans oppose giving work permits to Central American migrants, 52 percent want those without legal documents blocked from entering Mexico and 55 percent support cracking down on future caravans.

During a Monday phone call for reporters, Homeland Security officials said about 6,000 Central American migrants have already reached the border at Tijuana, and between 8,500 and 10,500 are still trekking north. San Diego’s San Ysidro Port of Entry can handle only about 300 asylum seekers at any given time, so the thousands waiting and still traveling will have to be processed over a period of many months.