Gavin Newsom: “The asylum system is broken in the United States.”

“I think there's a way of doing it and approaching it. And I think we have a broader problem, which is immigration policy and asylum abuse. The asylum system is broken in the United States. You have the power to do something about it in the state, don't you? Well, not directly. And we have no border, direct border, except for supplementing our support, which we again have been doing for years and years and years.” (17:18–17:22)

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