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On the recordNovember 21, 2011
I think I can't imagine any serious person who can walk down the street, see somebody they have known for 20 years, and say, you're leaving your family, you're leaving your church, you're leaving your the you have been in now for 20 or 25 years, and we're kicking you out forcibly.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich discusses the humane approach to immigration and the impracticality of forcibly removing long-term residents.

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