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Daniel Crenshaw: “The Flores settlement says you can't even hold people past…”

Featuring: Daniel Crenshaw, Republican | U.S. House Texas, 2nd Congressional District

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Discussion with Congressman Daniel Crenshaw on GOP Dynamics and Policy Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 31:45

So you know that most of these cases are bogus. And I think you know that intuitively, too. I mean, just being logical about it. So the asylum abuse is a really big one. The Flores settlement says you can't even hold people past 21 days if they have minors with them. So that requires basically catch and release. That's a problem. So you need more funding for facilities to actually hold people, process them, and immediately deport them. (31:45–31:52)

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Asserts that the Flores settlement limits detention of families with minors to 21 days.

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