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Henry Cuellar: “If you put 100 people in front of an immigration judge, 88…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Published April 14, 2022 | Video Starts at 03:54

Why do you think it's important to keep these people from staying in the United States during their asylum process? Well, let's first talk about asylum cases. If you put 100 people in front of an immigration judge, 88 to 90% of those people are going to have their cases rejected by the immigration judge. So why are we letting 100 people in, 100% of them, when we should be only saying Benvenidos to only 10 to 12%? The system has to be at the border. (03:54–04:07)

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Asserts that 88-90% of asylum cases are rejected by immigration judges.

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