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Gwen Moore: “One out of every five workers in the United States, you…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

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Published | Video Starts at 31:51

Where people are not working, you know, underground and under the table and are openly. Their payrolls are visible. Starting with. It would enrich all of us. I mean, One out of every five workers in the United States, you know, is an immigrant. These are people who create jobs for other people. We have a lot of people working in construction, and this is known. And so we're not going for the Okie doke. (31:51–31:57)

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Asserts that 20% of workers in the U.S. are immigrants.

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