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Thom Tillis: “Senator Lankford, isn't it true that tens of thousands of people who cross our borders today--and who may, ultimately…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2024
Senator Lankford, isn't it true that tens of thousands of people who cross our borders today--and who may, ultimately, request asylum--have looked past an opportunity to safely relocate in the country they are seeking asylum from, likely transited to another country where they could have declared asylum, and, in some cases, passed through four or five or six different safe jurisdictions before they made the dangerous trip through Mexico, across the Rio Grande border, and present themselves at the border? Is that an accurate assessment of what hundreds of thousands of people have done during the Trump administration?
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina
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govinfo.gov
Jan 10, 2024

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