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Zoe Lofgren: What we have now is not competitive.

On the recordMarch 4, 2013
What we have now is not competitive.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Lofgren critiques the current immigration system's competitiveness for skilled workers.

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