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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

As Governor, I worked on the development of the Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) program in Delaware.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

we came up with the idea and said, well, why do we not maybe do something like not text4baby, but text4visaoverstay.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

Good. Thanks. That is one outfit, we probably need to spend some time with them. I need to know more what their capabilities are.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I always tell people--people say, why have I--or ask me why I have had some success in my life. I always start off with, I picked the right parents.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

But, cutting off immigration is not the way to help unemployed natives find jobs.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

If they do not meet those indicators, they do not qualify for a compact.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I think a comprehensive immigration reform undertaken now... might be able to get us to a situation where we would not see increasing levels of illegal immigration.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I continue to believe our best hope for progress is trying to tackle several of these areas in a comprehensive way.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

let us think a little bit about common sense and let us think about not just values, but common views, a commonality of consensus.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

Last Congress, two-thirds of the Senate came together and overwhelmingly passed such a measure.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

more interior enforcement, particularly at workplaces, is vital to the success of a guest worker program.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

First, we need a policy that is fair, one that will significantly reduce our Nation's budget deficit and one that will strengthen our economic recovery that is now underway.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

But, I think all three of these factors point in one direction, and that is comprehensive immigration reform, not amnesty, not just you are here so we are going to make you citizens.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

We need to actually address the business needs for high-skilled labor.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I also think we must look beyond our border and try to support efforts to address the root causes that are pushing some people to our country.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

I also think of immigration reform as a force multiplier, done right, force multiplier in its own right.

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Tom Carper
@tomcarper· Democratic · DE· Feb 3, 2015

Quit making this a political issue. Make this the human issue that it is that impacts families.

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