i think that s an important point. there s no blanket asylum claim. there s no economic asylum claim. there absolutely is a specific case by case basis. so no one s disputing that. but that s nut what s at issue here. what s at issue here is these individuals seeking asylum aren t even being afforded the opportunity to make their case. you know, and the devastating circumstances that we re looking at under the previous administration, the human rights campaign did a study and found that over 1,500 people that the united states deported without hearing their asylum claim were later raped, murdered or tortured. one individual literally ate the documents that he was bringing to show that he was being persecuted because he knew if venezuelan authorities found them he d be tortured, and that s exactly what happened. and so what the secretary is saying is exactly right but that s not the issue. the issue is we need to afford people the opportunity, the due process of law and have a full ye
there s no blanket asylum claim. there s no economic asylum claim. there absolutely is a specific case by case basis. so no one s disputing that. but that s nut what s at issue here. what s at issue here is these individuals seeking asylum aren t even being afforded the opportunity to make their case. you know, and the devastating circumstances that we re looking at under the previous administration, the human rights campaign did a study and found that over 1,500 people that the united states deported without hearing their asylum claim were later raped, murdered or tortured. one individual literally ate the documents that he was bringing to show that he was being persecuted because he knew if venezuelan authorities found them he d be tortured, and that s exactly what happened. and so what the secretary is saying is exactly right but that s not the issue.