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Jim McGovern: “Our members understand the importance of border security, and enforcement, and support that, but along with that has to…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2017
Our members understand the importance of border security, and enforcement, and support that, but along with that has to come a system of legal status for workers on our farms.
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Jim McGovern
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Calls for immigration reform to provide legal status for farm workers.

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