Asylum has three basic requirements.
First, an asylum applicant must establish that he or she fears persecution in their home country.
Second, the applicant must prove that he or she would be persecuted on account of one of five protected grounds: race ,religion ,nationality ,political opinion ,or a particular social group.
Third, an applicant must establish that the government is either involved in the persecution, or unable to control the conduct of private actors.
Each year, the President sends a proposal to the Congress for the maximum number of refugees to be admitted into the countryas specified under section 207(e) (1)-(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
This number is known as the "refugee ceiling". That is the maximum number of asylum seekers that can be legally permitted to enter the country .