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John Whitmire: “The immigrant, immigrant communities help make Houston the…”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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The State of Houston: A Conversation with Mayor John Whitmire

Published | Video Starts at 49:42

I have undocumented friends. Some of our immigrants are our best and brightest students. You go to the med center, Chancellor U of H. I can go on and on. The immigrant, immigrant communities help make Houston the great city it is. So what I tell folks, we got to be smart, we got to stick together. It will pass. You know, people ask me all the time, what do you think about what's going on in Washington? (49:42–49:47)

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