Political Quotes

On the recordJune 22, 2016
We're going to have to make a decision about whether we are a people who tolerate hypocrisy of the system where the workers who pick our fruit or make our beds never have the chance to get right with the law or whether we're going to give them a chance just like our fore bearers had a chance to take responsibility and give their kids a better future.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama discusses the need for a decision on immigration reform and the treatment of undocumented workers.

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