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Asylum claims are individual; they are very much fact-specific.

So, in short, no one benefits from the backlog and that is why we have taken such significant steps to try to address it.

It is twofold, but it is perhaps two sides of the same coin. Individuals who are here who have no claim to stay are allowed to remain longer in violation of the law than they otherwise should have.

The backlog, essentially, or the caseload, essentially, almost tripled between 2008 and 2017.

Last year, DHS filed approximately 300,000 new cases.

We have seen an increase in asylum claims. They have doubled in the past couple of years.

It is a combination of factors.

It is the largest--highest it has ever been.

The current pending caseload is about 850,000.

We believe VTC is an efficient and effective way of hearing cases.

We have challenges. We have had a number of things come up, most recently, probably the biggest one is the interpreter issue has returned.

The number-one need, as it has been, as the President has outlined, as this committee is aware, is more immigration judges, increased immigration judges.

What I would say is, I think what was interesting about the first panel is no one seemed concerned in the panel that the Fair Credit Reporting Act was outdated or in need of updating.

The system is broken. While the credit scoring system provides us with a foundation, and it allows millions of Americans to access credit quickly and efficiently, the credit reporting system is in need of major repair.

I do agree with you, Chairwoman Waters, that this hearing is a long time in coming, and is necessary.

I thank my colleague for those remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Massie).

I thank Mr. Price for yielding and for his wonderful comments remembering Walter. On behalf of the Republican Members of the North Carolina delegation--indeed, all the Members of our Republican Conference--we remember our long-serving…

I thank the Chairperson for convening this hearing.