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John Cornyn: “Many of them could not say where they were born. Many of…”

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 10:29

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. I know that's hard to imagine, but it's true. And many of them were coming from a country whose government was literally run by a terrorist organization, the Taliban. (10:29–10:41)

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Asserts that many individuals allowed entry under parole authority lacked basic personal information.

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