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Zoe Lofgren: “Rather than focusing on the real issues that are weighing down those communities, the hearing sought to simply blame…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
Rather than focusing on the real issues that are weighing down those communities, the hearing sought to simply blame immigrants.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

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Lofgren argues that the hearing wrongly blames immigrants for community issues.

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