Dan Goldman

It's not a coincidence that he said those two things on the same day.

Secretary Noam, let's talk about the law.

Do you agree that asylum is a lawful pathway to immigrate to this country?

Yes or no?

All right, so immigrants then with ongoing asylum applications are legally in this country, correct?

Immigrants with ongoing asylum applications are legally in this country.

There are individuals in this country that have applications that- And they are legally here because it's a lawful pathway, right?

Okay, so if your department then deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating the law, correct?

If your department deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating the law.

Is that correct?

Why are you filibustering?

Why can't you answer the question?

It's a simple question.

If your department deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application,

You are violating the law, isn't that correct?

Mr. Chairman, I will reclaim my time, she's not answering the question.

But the obvious answer is that yes, if you follow a lawful pathway, asylum is a lawful pathway, if you have an open asylum case, you are here lawfully.

But the problem that we are seeing around the country

is that you are not following the law.

Don't tell us to change the law.