That's why we have to have a comprehensive reform to our legal immigration system, because there are many folks who are coming to our southern border who are seeking asylum who are not going to be allowed to stay. About 90% of [asylum seekers] are going to be rejected, but it's going to take six, seven, eight years for them to get that rejection. because we have such a huge backlog in our asylum process. And so many of them, if we had a legal immigration system that wasn't so broken, could come here and work legally through that process. (23:22–23:29)
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