Asylees who have applied for asylum defensively
a. have done so as part of a criminal defense
b. have actively applied to receive asylum
c. have received funding from the department of defense
d. are defending themselves from deportation to their home country

D. are defending themselves from deportation to their home country

There are several ways to ask for asylum, in this case asylum defensively applies for people whose life is threatened if they return to their home countries, could be by civil war, the state, the police, or society.

because of its location and commercial importance, atlanta was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route by the confederate army during the civil war. therefore, it also became a target for the union army. general william tecumseh sherman and his troops captured the city in 1864.