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Tina Smith: “When you seek refugee status in this country, you might be…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 27:16

How do we get justice for all of them? As one example, a person who came to the United States as, as a refugee. So refugee status. And you know that When you seek refugee status in this country, you might be in a camp on the other side of the world for years before you finally make it through the process. And you have been vetted extensively and you come here and you live in Minnesota and you are paying taxes and you are working and you have a green card … (27:16–27:26)

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Asserts that seeking refugee status in the U.S. can involve years in a camp abroad before completing the process.

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