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Colin Allred: “About 90% of the folks who are seeking asylum in the United…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Yes. And folks should know that's going to take six, seven, eight, maybe ten years for an asylum claim to be heard because we have an enormous backlog now. But About 90% of the folks who are seeking asylum in the United States, often coming through Texas, are going to be rejected. And so what we're trying to do there was raise that asylum standard so that more would be rejected initially, but then also to hire more immigration judges and administrative … (06:57–07:04)

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