is not even your first language. the problem for so many of these asylum seekers and migrants is they will not get legal counsel. they are at this point, there are not enough lawyers prepared to offer them assistance. in most cases, would pretty much have to be pro bono. and they have court dates to keep to return to, to keep up with their asylum process, and the result is we have a tremendous backlog in our immigration system. right now start to finish an asylum claim takes about anywhere between 4 1/2 and 5 years. and that s the average. so some people, and it can also involve check-ins required in different locations around the country. for example, a migrant who takes a bus to new york may have to check in with immigrant authorities in texas or washington, d.c. so it s a very complicated process for them to navigate, and as of now despite the great work being done by advocacy groups and non-profits and the
closure due to hurricane ian. what it is looking like? yeah. hurricane ian certainly affecting things there for disney world, particularly, of course, in and out florida. they have said they re going to open things gradually after that two day closure due to the hurricane which brought a lot of flooding right through to central florida. the statement reads they ll continue to closely monitor the weather conditions as they assess the impact of hurricane ian on their property. hotels within the complex in and around orlando have not allowed new check ins as yet. and that will only be allowed from today at around 3:00 p.m. so certainly still a little bit of a tentative opening. but it is happening in phases. the we ll see it open over the weekend. walt disney world certainly a huge economic driver for that part of the state. cnbc s arabile gumede, thank you. have a good weekend. still ahead, we re going continue to track hurricane ian as the storm closes in on the
country by newly arrived immigrants who ve been processed, as our clients had been by federal immigration authorities. there are requirements for check-ins and so forth, but people are free to move about the country, and there are many nonprofit agencies, for example, who help people become reunited with their loved ones in the united states. what happened to our clients is nothing like that. this was deceit and trickery on the part of governor desantis, luring our clients who were in a very highly vulnerable state into thinking that this was people that were trying to help them, when, in fact, it was all a political stunt. so it s the misrepresentation, it s the deceit, it s the trickery that is so problematic in our lawsuit. i understand. just to make it very clear, so you re saying, you know, looking at the face of it, you re not saying you would have the same problem if someone was told, hey, i have a free ride to new york and i m going to bus you and leave you there when you get
deception, interfered with their ability to comply with federal immigration obligations like attendance at hearings and check-ins. it goes on as you can see here. bill melugin talks about how the program was working and that it was voluntary and that people were given clear information about where they were going. if they didn t want to go, they didn t have to go. listen, the biden administration is full of hypocrites. we are tired as latinos, browns, members of the largest minority in the country of hearing that this finger pointing. what we need to do is we need to solve the problem and have an immigration reform law. i m the only member in congress that has presented the dignity act, which is a comprehensive immigration reform law to seal the border and to fix the asylum system. i m going to tell you, i was a news reporter. in 2008, president barack obama said within the first 100 days
lot of the volunteers who have been on the phone nonstop. i can tell you, i had my own personal health issues coming out of a couple of tours in afghanistan, nearly took my own life, 18 months after i transitioned. and for many of us, these events in afghanistan come streaming back. and one of the things i want to ask people is, is check in on the veterans and your gold star families and military families. for many of them, they picked up the phone when the institutional leaders didn t. they stayed on the phone and they have given so much. and now, they have to relive so many of the traumas. we need to be there for them as a society. we need to redistribute the emotional al load and let them w we have their back. two-thirds of afghan allies say if we resettled the allies it would help with mental health. and sometimes the check-ins can mean the difference between life and death. i want to direct folks to the book again. and by the way, there s happy