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Luis Gutiérrez: “Now, I bet if I went out to South Carolina, North Carolina and went out to those fields, I would see some of those…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
Now, I bet if I went out to South Carolina, North Carolina and went out to those fields, I would see some of those undocumented workers, those illegals that you talk, making sure that those farms, doing backbreaking work on those farms.
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Luis Gutiérrez
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Gutierrez emphasizes the importance of undocumented workers in agriculture.

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