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Veronica Escobar: Refusing to establish an independent immigration court will result in us continuing to throw good money after bad while…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
Refusing to establish an independent immigration court will result in us continuing to throw good money after bad while backlogs pile up.
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Veronica Escobar
Democratic · Texas

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Escobar argues for the establishment of an independent immigration court to reduce backlogs.

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