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Tom Tiffany: “When you have 10 million people that came in under the last…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 03:35

And part of the reason for the wealth gap is those business owners that you were referencing have brought in cheap labor and it's kept labor rates down as a result of of bringing cheap labor in. When you have 10 million people that came in under the last in the last four years that's going to drive wages down. And you commented about the inability to act by Congress. This body acted, this body acted last session to put in place a strong immigration reform. We did do that. (03:35–03:43)

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