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Rob Portman: “Yes, we need to do more in terms of discouraging people through the push factors and the pull factors from coming to our…”

On the recordApril 25, 2018
Yes, we need to do more in terms of discouraging people through the push factors and the pull factors from coming to our country.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman calls for action to address immigration push and pull factors.

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