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On the recordMarch 28, 2006
Recognizes there are hard-working people here doing jobs Americans won't do, and they ought to be here in such a way so they don't have to hide in the shadows of our society.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas
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President Bush advocates for a temporary worker program for immigrants.

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