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Brian Bilbray: “I am chairman of the Immigration Caucus, and I am proud that my mother is an immigrant, a legal immigrant. She came…”

On the recordMay 23, 2007
I am chairman of the Immigration Caucus, and I am proud that my mother is an immigrant, a legal immigrant. She came here, played by the rules; and, as she reminds me again and again, it is an insult to her and everyone else who played by the rules to gain legal status in this country to watch anybody, let alone the Senate of the United States, announce to the world that they are going to give up to 20 million people the cherished ability to live permanently in the United States and to give them a vehicle towards citizenship.
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Brian Bilbray
California
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Discussing immigration policy and the implications of proposed legislation.

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