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Tim Kaine: “Our immigrant communities in Virginia have been an enormous…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Don't say that they're all bad. Don't say that people who come from third world countries are bad. Virginia, about one out of nine of us is an immigrant. And Our immigrant communities in Virginia have been an enormous source of strength to our commonwealth and to our country. And it's wrong to target them all for the bad actions of an individual, just like we wouldn't target target other communities in the United States for the bad actions of one individual. (08:31–08:38)

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Asserts that immigrant communities in Virginia are a significant strength to the state and the country.

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