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John Culberson: “Ninety-six percent of them never show up for their hearing. They are just gone. They enter the United States illegally.”

On the recordApril 10, 2018
Ninety-six percent of them never show up for their hearing. They are just gone. They enter the United States illegally.
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John Culberson
Texas

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Culberson highlights the issue of asylum seekers not attending hearings.

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