Gavin Newsom: “The asylum system needs to be reformed.”

“The border is one thing, it's tied to immigration, but it's not the immigration story. Border is one thing. Broader issue of immigration needs to radically be reformed, and that should be universally obvious to anybody. The asylum system needs to be reformed. We need to address the backlogs. We need to address people who have been here 10, 15, 20 years that are working here legally, all the mixed status families.” (42:37–42:40)

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