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On the recordMay 22, 2017
I think one way to make illegal labor less profitable and less appealing is to put a fee on money sent back to their home country by these illegal workers.
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Mike Rogers
Republican · Alabama

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Rogers suggests taxing remittances to deter illegal immigration.

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