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Zoe Lofgren: “So, clearly, a 500,000 cap for all existing farmworkers, all additional farmworkers, plus new industries that are not…”

On the recordMay 15, 2013
So, clearly, a 500,000 cap for all existing farmworkers, all additional farmworkers, plus new industries that are not currently in the program would be eaten up just in a snap.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

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Lofgren emphasizes the insufficient cap for farmworker visas.

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