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Edward M. Kennedy: Look, we have about 12 million undocumented here. The alternative is, are we going to deport them? That's cost of $240…

On the recordMarch 28, 2006
Look, we have about 12 million undocumented here. The alternative is, are we going to deport them? That's cost of $240 billion just financially, plus what the kind of disruption that that would have in terms of families, and, finally, the disruption it would have in terms of the American economy.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts

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Senator Kennedy discusses the financial and social implications of deporting undocumented immigrants.

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