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Bernie Sanders: “The American people want immigration reform. Right wing…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:25

Not a question of we. The Republicans have to make a calculated political decision and that's what they're debating right now. The American people want immigration reform. Right wing extremists do not. So they have to decide whether they are a national party playing toward the American people and doing what the American people want, or are they going to appeal to the Tea Party base? (03:25–03:30)

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Asserts that the American public supports immigration reform, while right-wing extremists oppose it.

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