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Ron DeSantis: “I'd say 95% of the people that are claiming [asylum] just…”

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And so Congress can address that too. Congress can address the abuse, you know, that we're seeing in this asylum process because I'd say 95% of the people that are claiming [asylum] just factually do not even come close to meeting what should be. But they do. They say the magic words. They get an initial determination, they get a court date, and you do. And that was something that happened with this guy that came in illegally from India. (06:20–06:30)

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