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On the recordFebruary 23, 2010
I have always felt that it would be hard to make much progress on comprehensive immigration reform until the Congress and, frankly, our constituents felt that we had done all we could to secure our borders.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper discusses the need for border security before immigration reform.

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