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Bernie Sanders: “During COVID...those were the people who were working in the…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Sen. Bernie Sanders | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #635

Published | Video Starts at 1:11:17

Number two, we have between 10 and 14 million undocumented people in this country right now. No one knows exactly. Yeah. All right. But the vast majority of those people work hard and obey American law. Right now, During COVID...those were the people who were working in the meatpacking plants. Those are the people who got a lot of the virus. Those are the people who died. They kept the economy going in many respects. All right. (1:11:17–1:11:24)

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Asserts that undocumented workers were essential in meatpacking during COVID-19.

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