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James Lankford: “The current asylum system is not working the way that it is set up, and it has become an incentive.”

On the recordApril 27, 2021
The current asylum system is not working the way that it is set up, and it has become an incentive.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford criticizes the inefficiency of the current asylum system.

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