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On the recordJuly 12, 2006
I think that the Hagel-Martinez scenario, which I voted for, is not really workable because it creates another subclass of people.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Feinstein critiques the Hagel-Martinez immigration proposal.

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