Tom Suozzi

So we have to do all three, secure the border, fix asylum, and treat people like human beings and address some of these longstanding issues. So can I talk about asylum?

Okay, so the asylum law was first passed in 1980. Now, I'm 62 years old. So in the 1980s, we loved asylum. It was the Soviet, a Soviet... someone from the Soviet Union defecting to America. There was a movie with Robin Williams called Moscow on the Hudson. And it was like when someone defected from the Soviet Union, we're like, yes, asylum, come to America. We're better. They're the bad guys.

Okay, so the asylum law was first passed in 1980. Now, I'm 62 years old. So in the 1980s, we loved asylum. It was the Soviet, a Soviet... someone from the Soviet Union defecting to America. There was a movie with Robin Williams called Moscow on the Hudson. And it was like when someone defected from the Soviet Union, we're like, yes, asylum, come to America. We're better. They're the bad guys.

Okay, so the asylum law was first passed in 1980. Now, I'm 62 years old. So in the 1980s, we loved asylum. It was the Soviet, a Soviet... someone from the Soviet Union defecting to America. There was a movie with Robin Williams called Moscow on the Hudson. And it was like when someone defected from the Soviet Union, we're like, yes, asylum, come to America. We're better. They're the bad guys.

We're the good guys. Come here. It's wonderful. We love asylum. You know, people defecting from Cuba. We loved asylum.

We're the good guys. Come here. It's wonderful. We love asylum. You know, people defecting from Cuba. We loved asylum.

We're the good guys. Come here. It's wonderful. We love asylum. You know, people defecting from Cuba. We loved asylum.

Now what's happening is cartels and coyotes and organized crime is making billions of dollars, billions of dollars by charging people $10,000 a person to take them on this awful trek to get to our southern border, subjecting them to sexual and other physical violence, robbery, even death, human trafficking. And they say, we'll get you to the southern border.

Now what's happening is cartels and coyotes and organized crime is making billions of dollars, billions of dollars by charging people $10,000 a person to take them on this awful trek to get to our southern border, subjecting them to sexual and other physical violence, robbery, even death, human trafficking. And they say, we'll get you to the southern border.

Now what's happening is cartels and coyotes and organized crime is making billions of dollars, billions of dollars by charging people $10,000 a person to take them on this awful trek to get to our southern border, subjecting them to sexual and other physical violence, robbery, even death, human trafficking. And they say, we'll get you to the southern border.

And this is what you do when you get there to claim asylum. Now, they're gaming the system. Most of the people trying to come to America to claim asylum are coming for economic reasons. You can't claim asylum for that. You have to have a credible threat that you're being persecuted in your country because of your political beliefs or something like that.

And this is what you do when you get there to claim asylum. Now, they're gaming the system. Most of the people trying to come to America to claim asylum are coming for economic reasons. You can't claim asylum for that. You have to have a credible threat that you're being persecuted in your country because of your political beliefs or something like that.

And this is what you do when you get there to claim asylum. Now, they're gaming the system. Most of the people trying to come to America to claim asylum are coming for economic reasons. You can't claim asylum for that. You have to have a credible threat that you're being persecuted in your country because of your political beliefs or something like that.

And 85% of the people that claim asylum in America, 85%, are denied asylum. The problem is, is because the system is so overwhelmed, it takes six, seven, eight, nine years for that case to be adjudicated where you're actually denied. And the system is broken and it's outdated and it hasn't been updated for 30 years. So we need to fix the broken asylum system.

And 85% of the people that claim asylum in America, 85%, are denied asylum. The problem is, is because the system is so overwhelmed, it takes six, seven, eight, nine years for that case to be adjudicated where you're actually denied. And the system is broken and it's outdated and it hasn't been updated for 30 years. So we need to fix the broken asylum system.

And 85% of the people that claim asylum in America, 85%, are denied asylum. The problem is, is because the system is so overwhelmed, it takes six, seven, eight, nine years for that case to be adjudicated where you're actually denied. And the system is broken and it's outdated and it hasn't been updated for 30 years. So we need to fix the broken asylum system.

I don't think and I have a lot of smart people that I've been talking to, including progressives as well as conservatives, that we should not be accepting asylum applications at the southern border. We should be setting up. what I'm calling foreign and remote application centers. So that's far, like far away. You can apply in Columbia. You can apply in Guatemala. You can apply in Africa.

I don't think and I have a lot of smart people that I've been talking to, including progressives as well as conservatives, that we should not be accepting asylum applications at the southern border. We should be setting up. what I'm calling foreign and remote application centers. So that's far, like far away. You can apply in Columbia. You can apply in Guatemala. You can apply in Africa.

I don't think and I have a lot of smart people that I've been talking to, including progressives as well as conservatives, that we should not be accepting asylum applications at the southern border. We should be setting up. what I'm calling foreign and remote application centers. So that's far, like far away. You can apply in Columbia. You can apply in Guatemala. You can apply in Africa.

You can apply in Europe. You can apply elsewhere in the world to seek asylum at a safe location. And we'll adjudicate your case while you are there in that safe location. Remain in Mexico is a terrible policy because we're saying come to the southern border, apply and remain in Mexico while you get abused in Mexico where people exploit you, where people take advantage of you.