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Bernie Moreno: “They must wait in the prior safe country.”

Featuring: Bernie Moreno, Republican | U.S. Senate, Ohio

Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation

Published March 11, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:15

I absolutely never said they would be arrested. In fact, nothing in this bill mentions being arrested. What it says is They must wait in the prior safe country. So in the case of Ukraine, they can go to France, apply for asylum there, wait 180 days, and then we'll welcome them with open arms to America the right way, the legal way. (14:15–14:20)

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Asserts that the bill requires refugees to wait in a prior safe country.

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“President Trump took office and he put in place right here an executive order... you can only claim asylum at a legal port of entry.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 01:54-02:08
“Almost 10 million encounters over a four-year period [at the southern border].”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 02:29-02:33
“Joe Biden rescinded that executive order, and we saw what happened. Massive spike in illegal crossings.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 02:35-02:44
“Joe Biden put in place the exact same executive order... another massive drop [in illegal crossings].”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 02:55-13:11
“At the peak of Biden, that number [border crossings] was almost 350,000.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 03:33-03:40
“We didn't have to pass a law... We needed better policy.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 03:39-03:51
“It's very simple. It says if you're an asylum seeker, you must file a reclaim for asylum at a legal port of entry.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 04:36-04:43
“In 180 days, which is currently the law which is being violated, sometimes it's five or six years, but they wait until their asylum claim is…”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 05:00-05:12
“Anyone who entered the US Illegally is banned from claiming asylum.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 05:20-05:26
“Let's put in code, let's put in legislation those executive orders that not once, not twice, but three times has been proven to reduce…”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 06:29-06:45
“The executive order went in. Border crossings dropped.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 13:06-13:11
“President Biden put in place the exact same executive order that in effect, is this exact legislation. Border crossings dropped.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 13:13-13:13
“The law says, which we're not following, this body refuses to enforce its own laws, is that will adjudicate that claim in 180 days.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 13:58-14:08
“Nothing in this bill mentions being arrested.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 14:11-14:15
“Drug cartel members...are making billions of dollars smuggling people.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 14:43-16:35
“There's nobody being detained by this bill.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 15:02-15:05
“There's 3.6 million cases backlog.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 15:21-15:26
“90 plus percent of those cases a judge rules...that it's an invalid asylum claim.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 15:31-15:44
“Illegal border crossings...are at a historic low.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 17:49-17:56
“We know that if we make asylum only at a legal port of entry...we know, obviously, his words.”
Bernie Moreno Spars With Mazie Hirono Over Border Security Legislation | Uploaded March 11, 2025 | 18:24-18:35
“We saw it under Biden at the end of his administration after he did his executive order.”
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“Democrat president did it. Republican president did it. It works.”
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