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Tim Walz: “You have to have Congress to authorize DOJ to speed…”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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Tim Walz on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 12:42

Donald Trump sees it as a political, look, James Langford in Oklahoma, the border Patrol agents, the Wall Street Journal, the chamber of Commerce all said passed this legislation. You have to have Congress to authorize 1500 new border agents. You have to have Congress to authorize DOJ to speed adjudications on these asylum claims. Those are things that would actually work. Donald Trump told us for four years he would deal with this. He didn't, he didn't build his wall 2%. Mexico didnt pay for it. (12:42–12:48)

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Asserts that congressional authorization is needed for the DOJ to expedite asylum claim adjudications.

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