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Freedom stolen from them, we have generous refugee programs to go our consulates and apply to here. our asylum system is not designed for people to show up at our border coached by a bunch of nongovernmental organizations, say a few magic words, given a plane or bus ticket to go wherever they want in the country and then not even show up a year or two later for their court hearing. steve: the big question is whether or not some of them have covid when theyre released into the country which would...

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Foreign secretary -- state department secretary and his u.n. ambassador for the work. >> he goes from roasting the u.n. to toasting the u.n. >> yes, correct, literally. >> in doing it, you know, you get to judge which is the real donald trump. well, it seems to me the real donald trump is the one thats roasting the u.n., you know, i think he goes through the motions sometimes when he has to in terms of honoring the organization -- >> see, it doesnt matter almost what you and i think about it, wh...

They are very much looking forward to the presidents remarks this morning. >> sandra: we are waiting to president any moment now. as we await his arrival, marie harf, spokesperson for the state department joins us. what is that you are looking for here, marie? what are you with deer from the present? >> i think the question will be whether he articulates a vision for multilateralism. the u.s. and u.n. is about cous working together, sovereignty, which is a word he loves to use. in the year since...

The country is on pace to take in about 21,000 rev on ewe goes for the entire year. the lowest number the, by far, since the modern refugee programs was created back in 1980. this all happening as the department of justice announced new quotas for immigration judges, requiring these close 700 cases a year. a move to speed deportations. but the union for the judges says it threatens their independence. the wave of bad headlines for scott pruitt continue to pile up as the pressure on the adminis...

You can come here and become great, no matter how small you are or how little you have. you can become great. if we say, you know what, if you are from a country thats not able to give you that, forget you. is that american? >> we have never had totally open borders. >> we are talking about allowing some people to come here. >> look at the history of immigration policy. its ebbs and flows. times of high levels and times of low levels. we have been at high levels for a long time now. the system w...

How to use the u.n. this dates back i think mostly importantly to the quote that ambassador haley said at the beginning. this is were going to be pursuing business a different way. it didnt mean they wouldnt be pursuing the business, its in a different manner. >> there are some who say thats okay. that approach to the united nations is okay. fundamentally it comes down to a question of a lot of people in america do not believe in the value of the united nations. >> right. >> there are some who s...

General kelly, there are no records that can be easily checked or followed or addresses checked up on. are we going to do jim, an fbi background check on some of these characters from turkmenistan or uzbekistan or all the stanes? i mean, this is insanity. >> there is no positive right to enter the united states for any reason at all. it is up to us to decide who comes in the country. president trump has the right both constitutionally and under existing law to decide for any reason he can stop i...

Space. >> can you hear more from j.k. rowling on amanpour.com. >> pouring billions into refugee programs, even sew the country fuses to give alie ssylum to an applying for tp prs

Honestly, following japanese laws. i believe i would be accepted but i ended up being detained. ghoul is appealing his deportation order. he says even this life is better than what he faced back home. japans justice ministry says nearly 11,000 people apply for asylum last year, a record. the immigration bureau accepted just 28 refugees. >> government tells cnn people abuse the system, that many seeking refugee status are actually economic migrants and that japan, worlds third largest economy, al...