Let me say, what we are fighting for here is nothing short of the middle class. The fact is there are those on the left and the right that say we desperately need more poor people. You know why? It is because the major corporates want cheap labor on the right, and the left wants cheap votes. And they are willing to sell their children's birthright out, their grandchildren's future out just to be able to capitalize off of this illegal activity.
Brian Bilbray: “Let me say, what we are fighting for here is nothing short of the middle class. The fact is there are those on the left…”
On the recordMarch 7, 2007
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Discussing the impact of immigration on the middle class during a floor speech.
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