On Wednesday's broadcast of MSNBC's "Jose Diaz-Balart Reports," Texas State Rep. Eddie Morales Jr. (D) argued that if Texas did an asylum application form and charged the $2,000 that people pay to be smuggled into the U.S., it would make revenue and the state should say that "if you're given the privilege as a migrant to stay in Texas because of your asylum request," then you need to work in the state and pay into the system instead of freeloading off it.