We are going to end that process by ending catch-and-release and requiring folks who do come to claim asylum to actually have their asylum claims determined quickly and fairly.

I agree. The crisis on our border is a national security threat.

If our law were in effect, this border would have been closed every single day this year.

Folks who do qualify for asylum will be on a rapid path, six months or less, to start a new life in America.

Our law actually requires the administration to implement these tools.

I feel confident that, when our bill passes through the Senate and gets to the House, members of the House... will have had ample opportunity to read, understand the bill and ask questions.

I think everyone has an opportunity to be persuaded.

Well, that's really a question for the heads of our Appropriations Committee, who are in the final stages of putting this bill together this afternoon.

They're not asking about elections. They're asking about their everyday lives.

We believe that by quickly implementing this system, individuals who come for economic reasons will learn very quickly that this is not a path to enter our country.

So, we're requiring it, not permitting it. And that's a key difference from existing immigration law.

That's right, Margaret.

The reality is, is that, for the last several years, cartels have used this loophole to exploit the system.

We are giving tools to this administration and future administrations to actually gain control of the border.

It's not just a television show for us. It's our daily lives.

This is an incredibly powerful tool.

Right now, individuals who want to come to America just to get a better life or to seek the American dream, to find work, those are what we call economic migrants. They are not permitted to enter the country whenever they would like.

We want enough time for the government to be able to process these asylum claims and then turn folks away who do not qualify, while settling people who do qualify.