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Kirsten Engel: “They [people coming to our border] deserve and are entitled…”

Featuring: Kirsten Engel, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Arizona, District 6

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FULL INTERVIEW: Sit-down with Kirsten Engel, democrat running for US Congressional District 6

Published | Video Starts at 06:01

It's also, yes, as I have said, a humanitarian crisis. With so many people coming to our border seeking to enter the United States to make a better life for themselves, They [people coming to our border] deserve and are entitled under US Law to an orderly asylum process. And yet right now, they're subject to all kinds of delays. We are taking manpower from the security to processing their asylum. That doesn't make sense. (06:01–08:43)

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Asserts that individuals at the border are legally entitled to an orderly asylum process.

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