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On the recordMarch 28, 2006
If you kick out 11 1/2 to 12 million people it will bring our economy to a screeching halt.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin warns that mass deportation of undocumented immigrants would severely harm the economy.

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