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Eva M. Clayton: I was about to ask the gentleman if he is suggesting that he would be willing to restate it, all the legal immigrants…

On the recordApril 18, 2002
I was about to ask the gentleman if he is suggesting that he would be willing to restate it, all the legal immigrants, plus your provision, if they had some standard? Is that a 5-year standard, a 4-year standard?
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Eva M. Clayton
North Carolina

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Questioning a colleague about standards for legal immigrants during a debate.

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