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On the recordMay 31, 2023
Their first question is, 'When can I go to work? Anything. Tell me, Senator. Anything.'
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin shares immigrants' eagerness to work upon arrival.

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