Homan: We Need Congress to Raise Asylum Threshold at Border, Allow for Quicker Deportations, Longer Detentions

On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Border Czar Tom Homan stated that Congress needs to make immigration law changes, specifically raising the threshold for asylum claims at the border, allowing for the detention of families for 40 days and allowing for quicker removal of children from other nations.

Homan said, “I hope Congress could make some changes. They need to make changes, right? Because what concerns me is, every four years, a new president comes along, issue[s] brand-new executive orders to undo what the previous president did. I wish they’d settle this. Congress could fix three laws that would take 85% of the problem away from the border.”

He elaborated, “When you come across the border, you make a claim to asylum, the threshold’s very

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