Representative OROURKE. at the State of the Union earlier this year. She was someone. back in the 1970s. that was fleeing her home country of El Salvador. She immigrated to the United States. and her visa expired. Later. she became a permanent resident in 1986. And because of her hard work. working extra jobs. going to nightclubs at night to sell tamales and tacos. now she has a restaurant chain of 15. all across the State of Texas. That was done by someone that came here as an immigrant. Why wouldnt we want to make it easier for people like Gloria to migrate to this country? Why wouldnt we want to make it easier for us to be able to exchange and trade ideas with people from countries that are south of our border? We are really moving too slowly on the immigration issue. And again. the rhetoric about the southwest border is really hurting our country. particularly when you look at the net migration and how many people have decided thatyou know what?-they dont want to live in the United States anymore just because of all of the rhetoric. the hateful rhetoric that is out there. mainly coming from the Republican side. I think that it is time that it stop because I think that our countryI know that our countryis better than that.
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