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Zoe Lofgren: By pitting the foreign born against the native born, we are largely pitting one group of citizens against another.

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
By pitting the foreign born against the native born, we are largely pitting one group of citizens against another.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

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Lofgren warns against dividing citizens based on immigration status.

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