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Cliff Bentz: “We've reached out to the White House and explained our…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Cliff Bentz Discusses Trump's Bill, Medicaid Changes, and Oregon's Challenges on Eye on Northwest Politics

Published | Video Starts at 06:40

The big beautiful bill adds an additional $170 billion in funding for immigration border enforcement. How concerned are you that the crackdown could affect the economy in District 2 based upon the workforce? So it might. And We've reached out to the White House and explained our concern about how we manage those who have been here for years and are working in the agricultural sector. I would point out it's not just agriculture. It's also a manufacturing. It's also nurseries. It's also the motels. There's any number of places where people are here doing work that are not here with the benefit of paperwork. (06:40–06:51)

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Asserts that concerns have been communicated to the White House regarding the management of long-term agricultural workers.

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