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On the recordFebruary 20, 2008
It is absolutely critical that we tone down the rhetoric when it comes to the immigration debate, because there has been an undertone that has been ugly.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
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Barack Obama calls for a reduction in harsh rhetoric surrounding the immigration debate.

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