As Venezuela's economy continues to collapse, the U.S. can expect the number of fraudulent asylum seekers to increase A report from El Universal documents skyrocketing asylum applications from Venezuelans seeking to enter the United States in recent years. According to American immigration authorities, the number of applications from this South American country tripled between 2013 and 2014. The U.S. government is becoming increasingly concerned about immigration fraud from this region, likely linked—at least in part—to Venezuela’s economic decline. In 2013, Venezuela’s economy grew by only 1.3 percent. In 2014 it contracted by four percent, and it is forecast by the...