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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We have about 200,000 open jobs in New York.”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Immigration, UFOs, and New York State Highlights

Published | Video Starts at 01:32

They'd be sent home. And the second thing it would do would give the ability to issue emergency work authorizations, which our governor would love to do, because We have about 200,000 open jobs in New York. And with 150,000 migrants, she'd like to fill them all with the existing jobs. But if two thirds of the people in New York wouldn't qualify, would they really be sent back under the law? (01:32–01:36)

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Asserts that there are approximately 200,000 job vacancies in New York.

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