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Kathleen Rice: And to say that you have to be able to speak English, I mean, there are some people in -- that Trump knows himself that…

On the recordMay 15, 2019
And to say that you have to be able to speak English, I mean, there are some people in -- that Trump knows himself that didn't know English when they came here. So I think that's kind of crazy to make it -- and when you say merit-based, I just think that that's forgetting about how important it is to make sure that we allow a diverse group of people come here through our immigration system.
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Kathleen Rice
Democratic · New York

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Kathleen Rice criticizes the merit-based immigration system proposed by the President.

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