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Pete Buttigieg: “There is a yawning gap between the level of immigration our…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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Community Conversation between Mayor Randall Woodfin and Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Published | Video Starts at 36:46

So I think we have a basis for reaching out to others, talking about what it means to be the kind of country that has borders and has laws and has dignity and has compassion and has There is a yawning gap between the level of immigration our economy requires and the level of immigration our government permits. so that there can be not just less illegal but more legal immigration at the same time. That's how we actually solve this. (36:46–37:20)

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Asserts that there is a significant discrepancy between economic needs and government-permitted immigration levels.

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