Ron DeSantis: “90 some percent are bogus asylum claims.”

“Now the problem that the federal government has is a lot of these people have been told come across the border illegally, then claim asylum. So these are, you know, 90 some percent are bogus asylum claims. And that attaches a certain amount of process. You know, Congress should really clean that up. I don't know why Congress would allow that to be abused the way it's been abused, but it's been abused very, very badly.” (25:57–26:01)

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