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Dick Durbin: “Juan was a frontline worker at the hospital in his hometown…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Published | Video Starts at 02:54

Chavez Velasco. What does he do for a living? He's a medical laboratory scientist. How long has he lived in the United States? 25 years. During the COVID 19 pandemic, Juan was a frontline worker at the hospital in his hometown [during the COVID-19 pandemic]. He never missed a day of work. Juan has a problem, though. He's undocumented. His parents brought him to the United States when he was 8 years old. (02:54–03:01)

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Asserts that Juan, a DACA holder, worked as a frontline worker during the pandemic.

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