Thank you for having us. All right, Congress. Coleman Chavez Doremer, we'll start with you. So how will this bill address the crisis at the border? Well, specifically, it addresses three things. It will allow the secretary of homeland to assess the situation in order to be able to halt the flow of anybody coming into the country in order to gain operational control. It will allow the secretary to do that. It will also allow CBP to assess the situation and determine whether or not it's an asylum case or whether or not they need to remain in their home country. (00:32–00:46)
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Asserts that the bill will empower the Secretary of Homeland Security to halt the flow of people entering the country.
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