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Kirsten Engel: “We need to have an orderly asylum process.”

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

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Published August 30, 2022 | Video Starts at 17:58

There are hundreds of thousands of people who are seeking a better life and coming to Arizona, to the Arizona border. We have an asylum process. That asylum process, I think, can be improved. We need to have an orderly asylum process. a lot more people to process those asylum applications. Which people have a legal right to file for asylum in the United States. And yet there's all kinds of delays in doing that. (17:58–18:02)

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“The Bureau of Reclamation had promised, if [the states] don't do it, we're going to do it, they didn't follow through with that either.”
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“A majority of Americans support [Roe vs. Wade], a majority of Arizonans support it, and a majority of the voters in this district support…”
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“Arizona's law, legal situation is chaotic.”
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“We need federal protections [for voting].”
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“Over 80% of Arizonans vote by mail.”
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“There is absolutely no evidence [that the 2020 election was stolen].”
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“I also support same day voter registration.”
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“We do need to secure the border.”
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“We need fundamental immigration reform in this country.”
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“We have not given [Dreamers] some kind of pathway to citizenship.”
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“A lot of [fentanyl trafficking] is going through the ports of entry.”
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“We should reform [the immigration] system.”
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“People who are ready and willing to work in the United States have a pathway to apply for work authorizations.”
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“We used to have [a visa program for workers], I believe it was really pulled back during the Trump administration.”
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“Representative Ann Kirkpatrick was instrumental, along with other members of the Arizona delegation, to get the money for building [a…”
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“The federal government's been a pretty big funder of public education.”
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“Title 1 program of federal funding to schools that have a certain percentage of free and reduced lunch.”
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“Local school districts are shouldering most of the costs of the specialists and others for special needs students.”
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“Tuition keeps on increasing. It has more than doubled since I've been here in Arizona.”
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“The cost of college at our state universities has gone up across the board across the United States.”
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“Gun violence is on the rise.”
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