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Randy Tate: “Once again, I reflect back to my earlier statements. That it is not unreasonable to expect someone that would come to…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1996
Once again, I reflect back to my earlier statements. That it is not unreasonable to expect someone that would come to this country, when there are people waiting to come here, that they should be able to jump ahead in line, and the people, I think, of this country would be outraged to find out we have very few laws on the books.
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Randy Tate
Republican · Washington

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Discussing immigration policies and the fairness of current laws.

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