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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We've done that for many decades in this country, had a…”

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

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Podcast Interview with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on Her Presidential Campaign and Policy Proposals

Published | Video Starts at 32:17

… feel like they have to go around the law because the law is fair and just. They can feel like they can work with the law and that is possible. We've done that for many decades in this country, had a proper immigration process that worked for people. It's one when it lacks compassion and when it lacks empathy and when it lacks justice, that people feel they can't trust the system. (32:17–32:24)

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Asserts that the U.S. previously had a functional immigration process.

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