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Barack Obama: Young people who ... want to improve their lives ... should be given this opportunity to earn legal status.

On the recordDecember 7, 2010
Young people who ... want to improve their lives ... should be given this opportunity to earn legal status.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Statement of Administration Policy: S. 3992 - Development

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