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Tim Ryan: When you talk about NAFTA, I remember during the whole debate that was supposed to fix the whole illegal immigration…

On the recordJune 12, 2006
When you talk about NAFTA, I remember during the whole debate that was supposed to fix the whole illegal immigration problem. So I do not think we can have this immigration debate without putting it into some context to say I thought NAFTA was supposed to fix this problem. Wages would rise, standards of living would rise, and people would not want to come back over here. That was a part of that big debate.
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Tim Ryan
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