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On the recordFebruary 12, 2004
Now, the frustration I have with the President's proposal is quite simply this: if we are to suggest that the 8 to 12 million that are here only arrived yesterday, and they are going to be willing to go home, because they have not married, and they do not have children here, is to suggest that we do not know what we are talking about when it comes to the range of types of people who are out there.
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Larry Craig

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Expressing frustration with the President's immigration proposal.

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