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> [I'm not saying Cubans don't deserve asylum, but if it is a national security issue, there are people who are coming from Cuba on hijacked airplanes. Why isn't that a national security issue?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/i-m-not-saying-cubans-don-t-deserve-asylum-but-if-it-is-a-national/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

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> [ Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful. ...Right now, if you get on an airplane \[to the U.S.\] and claim asylum...when you arrive at Kennedy Airport in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-schumer/our-borders-are-much-too-porous-we-want-to-keep-them-open-but-we-also/)

[Charles Schumer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-schumer/)

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