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On the recordMay 15, 2013
Any job created in America should go to an American first, but there is plenty of work for others to come to this country, as they have in the past, to do.
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Joe Garcia
Democratic · Florida

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Garcia asserts that American jobs should prioritize citizens while acknowledging the need for immigrant labor.

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