Secretary Rubio, the president and I have had multiple conversations about this. Obviously, there's not. The qualification isn't quite just that simple. And keep in mind, A lot of these individuals haven't been here 18 months. They've been here 18 years, 20 years, 30 years. They've had plenty of time to reestablish their status inside the United States. They just chose not to. Then there's some that have been here underneath the Biden administration that took advantage of an open border. (00:52–00:56)
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