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Immigration Debate Must Focus on Realities

By Rep. Luis Gutierrez
Special to Roll Call
Dec. 2, 2005, 3:06 p.m.

As the debate over immigration reform intensifies, and the number of competing bills grows almost daily, it is important that we focus on the realities of the current climate, not the red-hot rhetoric, if we are going to seriously address this important issue.

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