Bernie Moreno: “90 plus percent of those cases a judge rules...that it's an…”

“And then once your claim is adjudicated, we welcome you with open arms. My colleague mentioned that there's 3.6 million cases backlog. That's true. It's a stunning and shameful … 90 plus percent of those cases a judge rules...that it's an invalid asylum claim. … somebody who may want to come to this country. But they're people who are clearly not refugees. Not my thoughts, the thoughts of immigration judges that are making this decision over and over again.” (15:31–15:44)

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