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On the recordMarch 13, 2013
I just did not think it was arguable that this is a welfare state, but do you understand that it is incompatible to have an open borders policy and a welfare state at the same time?
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King asserts the incompatibility of welfare state and open borders.

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