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American values Quote by Tom Cotton

“If you change our immigration system to a skills-based system…” quote by Tom Cotton — Download Open image

“If you change our immigration system to a skills-based system that respects and treats people for who they are as individuals as opposed to residents of a certain country or relatives of certain people in the United States, it's a system that is more in keeping with American values.”

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