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Henry Cuellar: “It took me two years, Chuck, to get eight immigration judges…”

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

Henry Cuellar ‘Cartels Are Going To Be Enriched By Title 42 Going Away’.

Published April 14, 2022 | Video Starts at 05:01

We sent them to where the people end up in New York and Chicago and other places. Miami. We need to have more immigration judges at the border. It took me two years, Chuck, to get eight immigration judges in Laredo, where we got thousands of people that come in. So we just got to be more efficient and more effective. Title 42 is a public Health issue. It's a mixed message that the White House is sending. (05:01–05:09)

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Asserts that it took two years to get eight immigration judges in Laredo.

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