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John Hope Bryant: “Reclaiming my time, let us talk about immigration. So a Canadian wanders across the border at a young age and wants to…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1996
Reclaiming my time, let us talk about immigration. So a Canadian wanders across the border at a young age and wants to get a job and goes back again and finds out 20 years later, when he goes to apply to come here legally, maybe he has got a job, maybe married to an American, he cannot come for the rest of his life because he came across the border into Washington State when he was a young man. Is that not a curious result? For the rest of his life, he is permanently banned. Is that not a curious result?
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John Hope Bryant
Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of immigration laws on individuals who entered the U.S. illegally as children.

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