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Elissa Slotkin: “In the meantime, these people would be paying taxes, paying…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Rep. Slotkin Speaks on House Floor about Bipartisan Immigration Reform

Published | Video Starts at 04:02

But it does help us, this deal, curb who's coming in, get people working legally in our businesses, like our farms, which desperately need that labor. And In the meantime, these people would be paying taxes, paying into Social Security, paying into Medicare. I can't understand why we continually refuse to take up bipartisan solutions like the one that's being debated in the Senate and the one that we're presenting on today, the dignity act, something to move the ball forward. (04:02–04:08)

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Asserts that immigrants working legally would contribute to taxes, Social Security, and Medicare.

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