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On the recordMay 15, 2013
the complexity when we have Members of this Committee who find the ability of doing immigration at all or making the assertion, almost ludicrous assertion, that Americans are willing do all these jobs when we found that that has not been the case across the board probably for the last two decades, correct?
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Joe Garcia
Democratic · Florida

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Garcia highlights the unrealistic expectations about American job willingness in immigration discussions.

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