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Fred Clark: “Our dairy industry in this state, there's not a large dairy…”

Featuring: Fred Clark, Democratic | Former Member, Wisconsin State Assembly

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Fred Clark | Wisconsin 7th Congressional District Candidate | DrydenWire

Published | Video Starts at 21:45

Those folks would not be here working if employers didn't need that kind of labor. You know, Our dairy industry in this state, there's not a large dairy in this region, or very few, I would say, that don't rely to some degree on immigrant labor. So what we have right now is a broken system that doesn't allow those people to be here legally, even though those are jobs that immigrants are filling, because employers can't find the kind of workforce they need here at home. (21:45–21:56)

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