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Rob Portman

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Rob Portman is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio, a position he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Portman previously represented Ohio's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005. He also served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2006, where he focused on trade policy and international negotiations.

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May 3, 2022

I noted that we were facing the worst unlawful migration crisis in our country in two decades.

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May 3, 2022

Would you go back to a policy where you are actually removing people who do not qualify, who have had a full adjudication?

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May 3, 2022

When the Title 42 public health order is lifted, we anticipate migration levels will increase, as smugglers will seek to take advantage of and profit from vulnerable migrants.

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May 3, 2022

There is no plan to substitute for Title 42.

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May 3, 2022

Most of them have claims under the asylum system, a system where, at the end of the process, once their claims are adjudicated, more than 80 percent are denied.

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May 3, 2022

According to information we have received, about 1.2 million unlawful migrants have been issued a final order of removal.

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May 3, 2022

Do you disagree that there were 50 people who were released into the country as Afghan evacuees who have security----

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May 3, 2022

It is just not accurate to mislead the American people.

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May 3, 2022

Unfortunately, decisions to deemphasize internal enforcement... do nothing to actually deter unlawful migration.

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May 3, 2022

This is a shock to all of us, and I think to your people as well.

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May 3, 2022

I hear what you are saying. You are not going to give us any information unless we can do it in a classified setting.

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May 3, 2022

But you and the Administration have a policy not to do that.

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