Dan Schwartz: “They know they can stay [in the U.S.] if they claim…”

“And if you look now, there's Chinese, there's Venezuelans, there's Senegalese, there's the Mexican. I mean, everybody. And they come here. Cause we are the land of opportunity and no question about it. And two is They know they can stay [in the U.S.] if they claim political asylum. talk to the border agent and they say, please arrest me, and okay, we'll arrest you. On what grounds should you stay? I'm claiming political asylum. Okay. You're here.” (40:58–41:06)

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