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Jake Auchincloss: “The standard [for the asylum system] probably needs to be…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Treating cost disease with Congressman Jake Auchincloss

Published | Video Starts at 50:40

And then I think it is a visa and asylum system going forward that is much more streamlined. Streamlined. It is clear, for example, that the asylum system is not fit for purpose anymore. The standard [for the asylum system] probably needs to be raised and the enforcement mechanisms need to be rationalized. The thing I would push back on though is the concept that Americans only like one type of immigration. High skilled immigration versus low skilled immigration. (50:40–50:47)

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Asserts need for higher standards and rationalized enforcement in the asylum system.

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