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Sam Farr: “But those are not foreign nationals. So a foreign national would be a person who is coming to this country but does not…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1998
But those are not foreign nationals. So a foreign national would be a person who is coming to this country but does not have a green card? For example, a tourist could be a foreign national?
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Discussing the definition of foreign nationals.

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