And what that does is it sends a strong message to those folks in the country that if you get to the United States border, we're going to let you in. That's a huge pull factor. If we'd go back to the process of expedited removal with humanity, bring these kids and send them right back to Guatemala, Honduras or El Salvador, we would dramatically reduce the incentive. And my guess is we would dramatically reduce the flow. Would you agree with that? Yes, sir. And that's why I was using the Mexican national example, because we used that same concept. And again from 2006, we went from 90% to 36%. (07:12–07:27)
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Asserts that reinstating expedited removal to Central American countries would reduce immigration incentives and flow.
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