Fact-checking Rep. Virginia Foxx's claim about the U.S. asyl

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said during a July 17 committee meeting that migrants are supposed to "apply for asylum in the country where they are, and then they try to come into the United States."

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