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Ruben Gallego: “Eighty to 90% of [asylum seekers] are going to get rejected.”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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EXCLUSIVE: Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego sits down with ABC15 Arizona

Published | Video Starts at 19:10

Again, the reason we have, you know, tens of thousands of people coming and to the border and asking for asylum is they know that they're going to be here for five, seven years before they even get a hearing. Eighty to 90% of [asylum seekers] are going to get rejected. Right. So we actually had more asylum judges right now. Even those at the border making decisions. (19:10–19:14)

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Asserts that 80-90% of asylum seekers are rejected.

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