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Dick Durbin: “We have heard the Speaker and the Majority Leader and a wide array of Republican voices say they are for legalizing the…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2013
We have heard the Speaker and the Majority Leader and a wide array of Republican voices say they are for legalizing the status of children under certain circumstances.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin highlights bipartisan support for legalizing immigrant children's status.

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