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On the recordApril 27, 2021
Why not have folks who want that, to seek asylum in the United States, to go to our embassies, our consulates in their native countries, like Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador. Why not just do that?
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper questions the practicality of seeking asylum at consulates in home countries.

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