Our country is a Nation of immigrants. Except for the descendants of slaves and the Native Americans, all of us are here as immigrants or the descendants of immigrants.
Jamie Raskin: “Our country is a Nation of immigrants. Except for the descendants of slaves and the Native Americans, all of us are here…”
On the recordJuly 9, 2019
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Raskin emphasizes America's immigrant heritage during a testimony.
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