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Kirsten Engel: “We need to secure our border, but we don't need to do it…”

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

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Kirsten Engel 9/12/2022

Published | Video Starts at 47:06

There are drugs that come in over our border. The fentanyl issue is a real one. Opioid overdoses with the assistance of fentanyl is destroying our communities. We have drug smuggling. We need to secure our border, but we don't need to do it with 13th century walls or with shipping containers that topple. We need to do it with manpower and technology. And we need to fix our asylum process that is broken. That is. That is, people have a right to apply for asylum. (47:06–47:16)

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Asserts that border security should not rely on outdated or ineffective physical barriers.

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