… because it was that aid that helps us help stabilize those countries, that then helps keep folks from having to feel like they have to make this dangerous journey because Most of the migrants that I've spoken to... would prefer to stay where they're from, but they felt they had to leave. And I also think that we need to do more on what the Biden administration has started to do, which is this process of Saying don't come to the border if you want to make an asylum claim. (22:11–22:20)
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