Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170312:19:22:00
I don't know. >> reporter: after being drafted into the syrian army, he says he and several of his friends fled to the u.s., paying a smuggler to sneak them into mexico. they turned themselves into immigration centers. his friends have been sent to immigration centers, but have since been ae leareleased. by chance, he was sent to georgia and is still locked up. >> i don't see the cases as different. i think they share the same basis for asylum. >> reporter: the system has dramatic disparitiedisparities. in san francisco, 74%. nationwide, the average was 48%. >> the primary driver of asylum