James Lankford actually said...

"We are well over 1 million people in the asylum backlog, and as I mentioned before, we are 3 years before people will actually get to a court hearing."

"The docket is actually very old and continues to be able to grow, and obviously with so many people that we have encountered in the last couple of months, it has accelerated dramatically."

"I would say, in meeting with Border Patrol and CBP, they are very concerned that Title 42 authority will go away, and if that goes away, what will happen in the acceleration of additional individuals ..."

"It will be interesting to be able to see the decision that President Biden and his team make on how they are going to enforce the border, and what that actually looks like for them."