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Mentioned are available to older workers, for instance an apprenticeship and we think of it as something for young workers, it is a high quality training route that we are working with education, skills and key shortage sectors where people can come in and train very quickly in areas of shortage. so there is some provision there, but it is certainly the case that companies via their recruiters need to be thinking about different ways to access candidates right now because there is a real shortag...

And hector garza, national border patrol council vice president. thanks for being here. jerry, let me start with you. when you watch that report from griff jenkins and the thousands lining up with a goal of getting to the u.s. what goes through your mind? >> its a repeat of what we saw last week. its wave after wave after wave. we cant keep allowing these waves of migrants dictate our strategy. were in a reaction mode. were not doing the investigations that we need to be investigating. were not ...

Do you think asylum seekers fleeing violence, fleeing political instability, fleeing natural disasters, are they welcome in the united states? >> they most certainly are. remember, it is very important to remember that the title 42 authority is a public health authority in light of the pandemic. it is not an immigration policy, nor is it an immigration policy that we would embrace. we are rebuilding our immigration system. we are rebuilding humanitarian, safe and orderly pathways for individuals...

>> so theres a refrain were accustomed to hearing about why didnt these people try to come in the right way? these are people whove been pushed out of haiti because of instability, only to be met with more instability as they seek asylum elsewhere. talk to me about the reality of americas asylum system and why that is an inane question. >> yeah, we dont really have a right way for people to come. its very hard for people to find a legal pathway to come to the united states from most countries. i...

People an answer in real time where there are deportations. unfortunately there are going to be deportations if peoples cases dont work, but there are legal pathways for people to come work in the united states, ways for people to come, particularly seasonally and work for a period of time and return. that was easier to talk about when they were primarily talking about hondurans coming because youre talking about three countries and how you create legal pathways. but there are people from south ...

That we would embrace. we are rebuilding our immigration system. we are rebuilding humanitarian, safe and orderly pathways for individuals to make their claims here in the united states. we are also applying the law, in this case, it is a public health law to protect the american public communities and the migrants themselves, and there is much disagreement about almost everything that involves immigration in this country, but there is one thing as to which there is complete unamm nn numberity, ...

Is probably not the right answer because that created the incentive for people to come. they knew some people were getting in. but creating legal pathways does matter. gives people to come in legally and we have an asylum system that is completely overwhelmed. the biden administration has put out a proposed asylum rule that will make the system much more fair and much more efficient, but its going to take them four to six months to get it up and running. until then, its very hard to get to the b...

Issue. we need to talk to people in latin america and the caribbean how we create legal pathways for people. >> that is exactly right. im so glad you gave us this context because its easy to look at whats happening in cuba, haiti, and the northern triangle and imagine they are all separate and different conversations when in reality, as you said, theres actually a regional challenge. i want to bring in the founder and executive director of the haitian bridge alliance. ghislaine, its good to see ...

We would have an asylum system that works, a system that can work within months and not years, that gives people a chance to present their case. it does take time, but it gives people an answer in real time where there are deportations. unfortunately there are going to be deportations if peoples cases dont work, but there are legal pathways for people to come work in the united states, ways for people to come, particularly seasonally and work for a period of time and return. that was easier to t...

The root causes to address the reason why people leave their homes in which they live and take a perilous journey that they should not take, second, the building of safe orderly and humane pathways and third, rebuilding an asylum system and a refugee program that would dismantle in the prior administration. this takes time, and we are executing our plans. >> thank you, mr. secretary, thank you for being here. i know that we suggested it was a great grievance, so its good to see you. starting wit...