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Zoe Lofgren: “Driving millions of workers further into the shadows would not only cost this country $17.3 billion in lost revenue.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2011
Driving millions of workers further into the shadows would not only cost this country $17.3 billion in lost revenue.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Lofgren warns about the economic consequences of enforcing E-Verify without immigration reform.

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