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Randy Tate: “It comes back, there is a right way and a wrong way to come across the border, and the ends do not justify the means.…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1996
It comes back, there is a right way and a wrong way to come across the border, and the ends do not justify the means. Once again, that is taking the jobs away from working Americans when someone comes across the border the wrong way. Once again, it is a privilege to come into this country.
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Randy Tate
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Discussing immigration and border crossing during a House floor speech.

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