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On the recordMarch 19, 2024
The problem with simple solutions is they are usually not correct, although I share the view that we need to slow, very, very substantially, those who come in, and we need to fix the immigration system.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Hoyer critiques simplistic solutions to immigration issues and calls for systemic reform.

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