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Mike Lee: “Whenever you begin a new job as a new employee, in fact…”

Featuring: Mike Lee, Republican | U.S. Senate from Utah

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Sen. Lee Stands for SAVE America Act: March 25th

Published | Video Starts at 1:18:14

… notably, most commonly, the type of proof of US Citizenship that every American citizen has for decades and still to this day has to provide when starting a new job. Whenever you begin a new job as a new employee, in fact, everyone in this room, everyone in this building, everyone in the entire Capitol complex, nearly every, essentially every employee in the United States of America has had to provide this documentation whenever he or she starts a new job as an employee, you have to fill out a form called the i9. where in addition to stating your name and date of birth and basic information like that, you're also required to provide documentation of your U.S. citizenship. (1:18:14–1:18:40)

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