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When it comes to protecting its portion of the Southwest border, Texas is in a stronger position than its sister states, thanks to the terms of the Texas annexation. That border was the “Wild West” when Texas entered the union in 1845, and thanks to Joe Biden, it increasingly looks like it is again, 177 years later.
United states across places like the yuma gap in arizona. so, that's one thing. and the other -- thing >> that's a big. problem and the other thing is the 1.6 million asylum applications that our system can't handle. >> i think they're all big problems. i think the backlog is a problem and i think the daily influx is a problem. and i do think fixing the dreamers situation is also a good thing to do. but that also does not address the people that are showing up every single day. so, it's a multifaceted issue here. and all those things, i think, wind up in the discussion around a possible deal, ...
The system? it's a seven time increase in asylum cases over 2012. three out of ten of them are children. let's start with yours, the border wall. how does that stop the influx of people that are coming from countries like nicaragua, with abject poverty and crime the? >> well, it doesn't fix the backlog in the system. what it does do, if you go ahead and complete the barriers, like arizona governor, outgoing governor doug ducey try to do, it does stop people from walking across the border. you had people coming into the united states across places like the yuma gap in arizona. so, that's one th...
What we have to do, and this week we're going to do it, budget like our values reflect it. we have the budget for this crisis at the border. we have to make sure we have the resources. the administration asked for 3.5 billion at the border, resources to non-profits, to the people who are coming so we treat them humanely and reflect our american values instead of demonizing them. >> scott. >> every person who comes here is not a legitimate refugee. that's the republican position. the idea that we can fix this by just processing them more quickly -- governor ducey in arizona took a bunch of ship...
The well-being of those who perform the thankless task of protecting the country from the deleterious effects of the president’s border policies is more important than the progress being made on the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Facility in north Phoenix.