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Gabe Vasquez: “It's been far too long since Congress has been actually able…”

Featuring: Gabe Vasquez, Democratic | U.S. House, New Mexico, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 05:19

And whoever represents this district has a deep responsibility to be able to work across the aisle in a bipartisan fashion to help reform our broken immigration system. Now, It's been far too long since Congress has been actually able to work on legislation that will meaningfully reform [the immigration] system. that hasn't worked for anybody in New Mexico. Immigration is part of who we are. It's the fabric of who we are, not just as a state, but as a country. (05:19–05:20)

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Asserts that Congress has not worked on meaningful immigration reform legislation for a long time.

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