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Robert C. Byrd: “America has been a traditionally generous country. We provide unrestricted visas to the immediate family members of U.S.…”

On the recordJuly 13, 1989
America has been a traditionally generous country. We provide unrestricted visas to the immediate family members of U.S. citizens, but in developing our national immigration policies, our first consideration should be that of developing America and providing jobs for our own citizens.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Jul 13, 1989

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Opposing a bill that would raise the national level of immigration.

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