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On the recordMay 31, 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.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin criticizes Congress for its inaction on immigration over the decades.

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