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Rob Portman: “The asylum process is totally broken and it acts as a magnet to draw people to the border.”

On the recordMay 4, 2022
The asylum process is totally broken and it acts as a magnet to draw people to the border.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman criticizes the asylum process for encouraging migration.

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