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John Cornyn: “In most, if not all cases, we quite literally did not know…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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John Cornyn Previews Senate Hearing On Biden Administration's Immigration And Parole Policies

Published | Video Starts at 10:23

But the Biden administration let them in anyway. And as we will learn at the hearing, In most, if not all cases, we quite literally did not know who these people were. Many of them could not say where they were born. Many of them did not speak English, and in some cases, they did not even know their own last name. (10:23–10:29)

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Asserts that the U.S. lacked sufficient information on many individuals allowed entry under parole authority.

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