11/04/2013
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"the American people concluded rightly, I believe, last time that we were proposing a legalization scheme for people who were here illegally ... was wrong and I don't think it would have worked."
"But I am not going to be supportive of any plan that is going to, in effect, legalize millions of people and then send a signal that our borders remain open still and attract even more millions."
"I think it undermined--it sent a message that made people believe if they could succeed in entering our country illegally, 1 day we're going to--we don't care really, and sooner or later we'll just ma..."
"Well, Mr. Gerson, you know, we've got a growing unemployment rate that may hit 10 percent."