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Vicente Gonzalez: “I've been pushing the Safe Zone act.”

Featuring: Vicente Gonzalez, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 34

Texas Congressman Vicente Gonzalez discusses pressure on border towns as Title 42 ends

Published May 9, 2023 | Video Starts at 01:42

And I think we need to also work with countries like Guatemala and Mexico to do their share in slowing the migration and coming up with ideas where we can process migrants far away from our southern border. As you may know, I've been pushing the Safe Zone act. which does just that. It creates zones, and in Guatemala and Panama and Colombia and other countries where migrants can ask for asylum at that juncture. (01:42–01:45)

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“There's about 60,000 making their way here.”
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“There is nothing to show that this was a hate crime.”
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