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February 9, 2017

Bill Clinton on illegal immigration sounds like President Trump

Can we please just have an honest debate and come up with solutions and enforce the laws? It appears the Democrats have selected outrage. Here is Bill Clinton’s 1995 State of the Union immigration comments.

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