DHS: ‘100 %’ Border Crossers with Children Being Released into U.S., Given Work Permits
‘They’re not necessarily asking for asylum’
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PORTMAN: "What percent of those families who come up to the border and again approach your officer, ask for asylum, are being released into the community within days?"
MCALEENAN: "100 percent."
PORTMAN: "100 percent?"
MCALEENAN: "Yeah, and they're not necessarily asking for asylum. They don't have to, they can go into an immigration proceeding and not have to present that case for — "
PORTMAN: "When they go into the community, you say it can take a while. It's over two years in Ohio, you should know, before we can have a court hearing."
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