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Crackdown on Iran Ties Meets Immigration Overhaul · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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  Speaker 3: Good Thursday morning. Nice to have you with us on
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  Speaker 3: the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got two major
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  Speaker 3: stories for you this morning. First up, federal agents arrest
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  Speaker 3: a major tech boss charged with illegally supplying Iran. This
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  Speaker 3: coming out of California. So how did he get away
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  Speaker 3: with this team for so long? And was it as
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  Speaker 3: simple as Democrats just look the other way? We have
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  Speaker 3: the details. Also, Democrats are now seeking to undo a
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  Speaker 3: Trump tough strategy on green card policy. This could close
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  Speaker 3: a loophole that hundreds of thousands are using. So why
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  Speaker 3: are the Democrats doing this right now? Putting illegals ahead
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  Speaker 3: it starts right now.
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  Speaker 2: Story number one.
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  Speaker 3: We're gonna start with a very interesting story. Federal agents
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  Speaker 3: arresting a Newport Beach, California businessman. It was happening all
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  Speaker 3: during a pre dawn raid at his not home but
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  Speaker 3: mansion on Wednesday, and they charged him with legally supplying
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  Speaker 3: US origin computer hardware directly to Tehran and what was
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  Speaker 3: it being used for in military and nuclear operations that
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  Speaker 3: according to federal prosecutors. Jamsheed Gomi is a sixty three
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  Speaker 3: year old and a dual citizen of Iran and the
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  Speaker 3: United States. He was taken into custody during the FBI raid.
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  Speaker 3: The New York Post has also reported now he's been
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  Speaker 3: charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economy Powers
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  Speaker 3: Act and is expected to make his initial appearance Wednesday
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  Speaker 3: afternoon in federal court in Santa Ana, California. Prosecutors are
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  Speaker 3: alleging that the man not only sold computer hardware to
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  Speaker 3: the Iranian government through a year long scheme designed to
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  Speaker 3: evade US sanctions, earning millions of dollars in the process.
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  Speaker 3: Gmi is accused of aiding are declared enemies by selling
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  Speaker 3: US origin computer networking parts to Iran and earning millions
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  Speaker 3: of dollars in violation of US sanctioned laws. That's what
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  Speaker 3: the US attorney said in his statement, we will hold
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  Speaker 3: him accountable by seeking an appropriate prison sentence and by
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  Speaker 3: seizing his assets, including his thirty five million dollar Newport
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  Speaker 3: Beach mansion. Now, dozens of federal agents and tactical gear
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  Speaker 3: gathered before dawn at a nearby parking lot before traveling
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  Speaker 3: in a convoy to the resident. Located within an exclusive
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  Speaker 3: gated community. Agents surrounded the property and called for Gomy
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  Speaker 3: to come outside. What's going on? When occupant of the
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  Speaker 3: home asked, as agents escorted Gomy's wife and two adult
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  Speaker 3: sons outside as well. Investigators carrying power tools and evidence
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  Speaker 3: boxes entered the residents, while an interpreter arrived to interview Gomy.
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  Speaker 3: After the interview, Gomy emerged from the home and was
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  Speaker 3: taken into custody. Now, in addition to the sanctions related charges,
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  Speaker 3: authorities said they are investigating Gomy for possible money laundering,
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  Speaker 3: tax evasion, and other offenses. According to prosecutors, Gom generated
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  Speaker 3: more than ten million annually through his computer business, while
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  Speaker 3: reporting no more than twenty thousand in income to the
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  Speaker 3: Internal Revenue Service. Federal investigators alleged that for more than
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  Speaker 3: a decade, Gomy used a Tehran based computer networking company
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  Speaker 3: he found it to obtain US networking equipment for customers
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  Speaker 3: in Iran and violation of the US sanctions. Authorities say
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  Speaker 3: Gomi arranged shipments of more than two hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 3: tons of controlled US technology and used his personal eBay
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  Speaker 3: and PayPal accounts to make hundreds of additional purchases of
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  Speaker 3: computer networking equipment that was ultimately shipped directly to Iran.
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  Speaker 3: Prosecutors also say negotiated purchases directly with suppliers in Minnesota
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  Speaker 3: and Nebraska, routing equipment at a front company in the
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  Speaker 3: UAE before it was sent on to Iran. Authorities also
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  Speaker 3: led to use freight forwarders and intermediaries in Dubai to
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  Speaker 3: conceal Iran as the final destination, knowing that he was
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  Speaker 3: breaking the law. According to the prosecutors, Gomi and his
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  Speaker 3: co conspirators referred to Iran as the motherland in internal
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  Speaker 3: communications related to the procurement of the equipment. The technology
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  Speaker 3: allegedly supplied by Gomi was distributed to hundreds of Iranian
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  Speaker 3: companies and government entities, many of which were already subject
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  Speaker 3: to US sanctions. Prosecutors said a portion of the equipment
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  Speaker 3: was supplied to organized connected individuals and Iran's nuclear in
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  Speaker 3: military programs as well, and that may be the most
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  Speaker 3: shocking part of all. Gomi's most prominent asset was his
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  Speaker 3: more than fourteen thousand square foot mansion. It was situated
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  Speaker 3: on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The property featured
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  Speaker 3: iron gates, multiple chandeliers, and dual fountains at the entrance
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  Speaker 3: to impress anyone that decided to come visit, The prosecutor said.
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  Speaker 3: The arrests demonstrated the federal government's commitment to enforcing sanctions
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  Speaker 3: as the United States continues military operations against Iran, And
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  Speaker 3: there is a question that you should be asking, how
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  Speaker 3: did this guy get away with this for so long?
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  Speaker 3: What'll be clear, the prior administration, the Biden administration, they
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  Speaker 3: didn't lift the sanctions on Iran. They just deliberately chose
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  Speaker 3: not to enforce the sanctions, allowing people like Gomi to
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  Speaker 3: do exactly what he was doing. They literally looked the
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  Speaker 3: other way, hoping that appeasement with Iran would work, and
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  Speaker 3: that meant saying, oh, no, no, no, we have sanctions
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  Speaker 3: on Iran, but do they matter if you're not enforcing them.
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  Speaker 3: We now know quote that our nation's laws prohibit doing
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  Speaker 3: business with one of the world's largest state sponsors of terrorism,
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  Speaker 3: and it must be enforced and obeyed. Again, another example
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  Speaker 3: of the Trump administration actually abiding by the laws while
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  Speaker 3: the radical left does everything they can to help these
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  Speaker 3: individuals continue to do business in the United States of America.
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  Speaker 3: It truly is amazing that this individual was not caught sooner.
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  Speaker 3: If it wasn't for the Trump administration, he'd probably still
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  Speaker 3: be doing business right now.
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  Speaker 2: Next story number two, another.
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  Speaker 3: Big story that I think is really important that we
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  Speaker 3: also highlight right now is one that is connected very
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  Speaker 3: much to the story I mentioned about the individual from Iran,
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  Speaker 3: and that is Democrats now are seeking to undo Donald
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  Speaker 3: Trump's tough new policy on Green card holders. Democrats on
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  Speaker 3: Capitol Hill say they're going to move to overturn the
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  Speaker 3: president's immigration policy changes now Trump's second term. He said,
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to have a new rule that could require
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  Speaker 3: many Green card applicants already living legally in the United
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  Speaker 3: States to leave the country and complete their applications from abroad.
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  Speaker 3: That according to report by The Hill, and multiple national
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  Speaker 3: outlets have also confirmed the details. Now the Democrats are
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  Speaker 3: losing their minds, saying the policy could affect hundreds of
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  Speaker 3: thousands of immigrants currently working, studying, and raising families in
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  Speaker 3: the United States of America now. For decades, many legal
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  Speaker 3: immigrants have been able to apply for permanent residency through
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  Speaker 3: a process known as adjustment of status, allowing them to
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  Speaker 3: remain in the US while their green card applications were reviewed.
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  Speaker 3: But the Trump administration said this has become a massive loophole,
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  Speaker 3: and the new guidance dramatically changes that process. Under the policy,
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  Speaker 3: the applicants could now be required to return to their
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  Speaker 3: home countries and complete the process through a US consulate
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  Speaker 3: unless they can demonstrate what the administration calls extraordinary circumstances. Now,
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  Speaker 3: the administration argues this isn't a new law, but rather
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  Speaker 3: return to the original intent of immigration status. Homeland Security
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  Speaker 3: officials say the temporary visas were never intended to become
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  Speaker 3: an automatic pathway to permanent residency, and that the new
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  Speaker 3: rules will make the immigration system more orderly and also efficient.
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  Speaker 3: The administration is also indicated that expectations may be available
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  Speaker 3: for individuals who provide a significant economic benefit or serve
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  Speaker 3: the national interests. Well, democrats, you know what they're going
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  Speaker 3: to do stand up for those that aren't American citizens
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  Speaker 3: before they stand up for American citizens every single time
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  Speaker 3: they can do it, and that's exactly what they're doing now.
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  Speaker 3: They're calling this move by the Trump administration disruptive and
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  Speaker 3: harmful and hurtful, and they argue it could separate families,
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  Speaker 3: disrupt careers, create uncertainty for employers, and force legal immigrants,
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  Speaker 3: and to link the overseas processing backlogs that can stretch
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  Speaker 3: for months or even years again making sure they put
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  Speaker 3: those from outside of America ahead of you. Now, immigration
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  Speaker 3: advocates are also warning that this will be a disaster,
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  Speaker 3: but again, look at the open border process and what
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  Speaker 3: we've actually had in this country. Now, the debate now
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  Speaker 3: centers on a larger question what should legal immigration look
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  Speaker 3: like in America. Supporters of President Trump who voted for him,
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  Speaker 3: said it was very clear they wanted to shut down
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  Speaker 3: the borders, They wanted an orderly program, and they wanted
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  Speaker 3: to get illegal immigrants out of this country. They wanted
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  Speaker 3: to stop rewarding people who were coming into this country
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  Speaker 3: illegally with government benefits as well. And the Trump policy
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  Speaker 3: says the administration is simply enforcing the immigration laws that
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  Speaker 3: are already on the books and closing these loopholes that
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  Speaker 3: encourage temporary visitors to remain permanently. Now Democrats say no,
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  Speaker 3: we are going to go back to what we had
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  Speaker 3: before that allowed for massive immigration into this Democrats are
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  Speaker 3: now pushing this as a election your issue, and they're
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  Speaker 3: also saying they're going to have legal challenges to block
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  Speaker 3: the policy as well. Now the outcome could determine literally
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  Speaker 3: how hundreds of thousands of future green card applicants navigate
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  Speaker 3: the path to permanent residency in the United States of America.
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  Speaker 3: And once again the Democratic Party making it clear we
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  Speaker 3: stand for legal immigrants and those from outside the United
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  Speaker 3: States of America before we stand up for Americans and
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  Speaker 3: what Americans want and or believe on the issue. And
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  Speaker 3: that's exactly why this is going to be a major
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  Speaker 3: election your issue.
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