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Gwen Moore: “We have a worker shortage in this country.”

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

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US Rep. Gwen Moore on the start of a new Trump presidency Here & Now

Published | Video Starts at 08:39

After all, these are our children. They speak English. They benefited from having a public education. They're talented. We don't have. We have a worker shortage in this country. and there's no reason to send our kids back to some country that they don't even know about. And I think that if he picks on the Dreamers, we might see some rising up from the electorate. (08:39–08:43)

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Asserts that there is a worker shortage in the United States.

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