So I'm very proud of the work, the strategy, the whip effort by my office and the coalition that we built nationally, resulting in that majority of those 218 signatures to force a vote. There are 350,000 Haitian nationals in this country. I represent the third largest Haitian diaspora in the country. I co chair the House Haiti Caucus, and for me, this is a matter of keeping families together. (08:34–08:38)
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