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Rashida Tlaib: “It Was later found out that his boss, who didn't want to pay…”

Featuring: Rashida Tlaib, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 12

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Published | Video Starts at 1:17:42

And the family called our office and I went through the steps. I was an immigration attorney. Attorney. So I was trying to figure out, okay, he's not in the system, what's going on. And It Was later found out that his boss, who didn't want to pay him, called the number [ICE]. Oh, yeah. To get him deported so he didn't have to pay him. Purdue did this and. And all the, all the big ag business and like, the poultry businesses, like, they will go. (1:17:42–1:17:48)

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