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Eva M. Clayton: “The gentleman and I both know it takes a long time and is very expensive for people to become legal citizens, and tying…”

On the recordApril 18, 2002
The gentleman and I both know it takes a long time and is very expensive for people to become legal citizens, and tying food and hunger to citizenship is very difficult.
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Eva M. Clayton
North Carolina

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Discussing the challenges of citizenship and its relation to food security.

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