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Jim Kolbe: “It's completely unrealistic, just unrealistic to assume that those people are going to leave with some kind of incentive…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2006
It's completely unrealistic, just unrealistic to assume that those people are going to leave with some kind of incentive that's being offered them.
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Jim Kolbe
Arizona

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Kolbe argues against the assumption that undocumented immigrants will leave the U.S. if offered incentives.

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