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Lou Barletta: “When I saw our population grow by 50 percent but our tax revenue stay the same, realizing we had an illegal immigration…”

On the recordJune 23, 2014
When I saw our population grow by 50 percent but our tax revenue stay the same, realizing we had an illegal immigration problem, the quality of services suffered.
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Lou Barletta
Pennsylvania

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Barletta discusses the impact of illegal immigration on local government services.

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