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<v 0>As a Nicaraguan American, a lot of Nicaraguans.</v>

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And a lot of my family members came here is as Tylese back in the

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day, this is almost 30 years ago.

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And if people are leaving their countries,

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it's because something is happening and it's not because they're just bored.

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It's because they are dying.

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There is civil turmoil and they are coming here.

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<v 1>I think we need to find out,</v>

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find out what's the immigrant who wants to be an American Mallon who wants to

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make it part of their, their life, uh, to,

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to live here and be patriotic and be part of our country and who doesn't,

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and then figure out a way to make work pieces available that people still don't

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have to sneak across with the visitor's visa.

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<v 2>Immigration is from all over. It's not just Mexico,</v>

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it's not just Latin American communities or countries. So, um,

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we, we do have a influx of different different immigrants here.

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So when I say immigration reform, yes, we have to have immigration reform. Um,

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is it too long, the status to become a citizen? Maybe it is. Um,

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the answer. I don't have the answer right here in a, you know,

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in a handwritten memo,

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but I do believe that there is a way that we can get to an area where there'll

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be a cost efficient cost, effective way to be,

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become an American citizen,

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or be able to work in America and be able also to be, you know,

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live out the American dream.