Is there, is there potential to fix this? So let me unpack that. Coming from 13 years, that was a long time in the House and in the Senate. Listen, We haven't had actual immigration reform since 1959. There's a reason it's political. Anything that becomes political, everybody in this room is political. We understand that when it becomes political and becomes a red issue, a blue issue, it means it's dead. (00:38–00:42)
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