Chuck Schumer: “I wrote a bipartisan immigration bill that would bring a…”

“And second, some of the things he says resonate with some of the extreme people in the Republican Party. He may say them more harshly, like about immigrants, but the Tea Party's anti immigrant. I wrote a bipartisan immigration bill that would bring a path to citizenship for 11 million people, with John McCain. hardly a big liberal, but the Tea Party wouldn't let it pass because they were anti immigrant.” (07:39–07:45)

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