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I would like to hear Mr. Merkley's view on immigration reform. The Bush government has turned the US immigration into an enforcement focused policy. There are many illegal immigrants in Oregon. Some have US kids and spouses but because they came here illegally they cannot adjust their status in the US.
People come to the US to make a living and with great dream. For those Mexicans, deporting them will not solve the problem because they will just cross the border again because they need to make a living here. We need to have some constructive solutions to create ways for people to legally stay and work here. I am against amnesty but there definitely are other options that need to be explored.

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