Bill Clinton: “I think we were right to say we're a nation of immigrants, and we…”

On the recordJuly 8, 1998

I think we were right to say we're a nation of immigrants, and we ought not to discriminate against immigrants who are here legally.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Dinner in Miami, Florida

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