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Dick Durbin: “To wait for 30 years and to watch the situation grow as desperate as it has, not only at the border, but with businesses…”

On the recordMay 30, 2023
To wait for 30 years and to watch the situation grow as desperate as it has, not only at the border, but with businesses and farms represented here today.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlights the prolonged inaction on immigration leading to worsening conditions.

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