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Brian Bilbray: “If I may answer the question, what I told my cousin in Australia is: Tom, just because in the past America has rewarded…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1996
If I may answer the question, what I told my cousin in Australia is: Tom, just because in the past America has rewarded people for breaking our immigration law----
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Brian Bilbray
California

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Discussing immigration law and its implications during a floor speech.

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