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Steve Cohen: “When we came to Congress, my class of 2006 was offered the opportunity to go to Harvard University for a seminar. We…”

On the recordMarch 18, 2021
When we came to Congress, my class of 2006 was offered the opportunity to go to Harvard University for a seminar. We were told there that one of the greatest problems facing this country was the lack of workers, that our birthrate was declining, and that we need more people to come to this country and more workers to supply our workforce and our economy. Those situations have not gotten better. These Dreamers are trained in America. They have been educated in America. They are talented. They are smart. We are not only doing the right thing by giving them this pathway to citizenship, but we are doing the right thing for America because we need their talent to make this country even greater. That is why I support the Dreamers act.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Mar 18, 2021

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