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 raise that asylum standard so that more would be rejected initially. but then also to hire more immigration judges and administrative personnel to deal with the backlog to make sure we can get these things processed more quickly, and then also … (07:03–07:21)
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Asserts an effort to raise the asylum standard to reject more applications initially.
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