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Kristin Lyerly: “Farmers have been relying on this kind of labor, you know…”

Featuring: Kristin Lyerly, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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FED UP Dem Candidate PUTS THE SCREWS in GOP Plans

Published | Video Starts at 16:02

So there is a real effect, and your district will feel it if they go Crazy, won't it? Won't they? My district is already feeling it. I mean, there's no question. Oh, yeah. Farmers have been relying on this kind of labor, you know, for forever. My family, I'm a sixth generation Wisconsinite, my family came to Wisconsin from Germany ages ago in the mid-1800s. And they're farmers. They put down their roots, they got their farms, and guess what? (16:02–16:08)

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Asserts that farmers have long relied on immigrant labor.

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