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Mike McCaul: “If you want them to have a stake in the action, if you want them to be part of the solution and stand up and fight these…”

On the recordOctober 13, 2011
If you want them to have a stake in the action, if you want them to be part of the solution and stand up and fight these cartels, we have to do something to let those people that are coming here be here legally.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul advocates for legal status to empower immigrants against cartels.

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