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Elton Gallegly: “I have great personal respect for our relationship. We have worked hand in hand on the issue of illegal immigration for…”

On the recordMarch 20, 1996
I have great personal respect for our relationship. We have worked hand in hand on the issue of illegal immigration for many years. But I think the gentleman would be the first to yield to the fact that this is an issue that I have worked very hard for a long, long time without any partisan involvement at all. It is a philosophical issue that I have a tremendous passion for, that I think affects all Americans. I think that is one of the reasons that we saw a fairly significant number of Democrats that voted for that as well.
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Elton Gallegly
California
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Discussing bipartisan efforts on illegal immigration.

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