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Tom Suozzi: “Congress has not done its job for 30 years [regarding…”

Featuring: Tom Suozzi, Democratic | U.S. House New York, District 3

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We saw it under the end of the Biden administration as well after he did his executive order to say, asylum applications in between the ports of entry. But we need to make it permanent law. And Congress has not done its job for 30 years [regarding immigration]. So we need to secure the border, we need to fix the broken asylum system, and we need to treat people like human beings by fixing our legal immigration system. (06:00–06:04)

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Asserts that Congress has failed to address immigration issues for 30 years.

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