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Harleston, Robb - Host
JOURNAL." WELCOME, TODAY IS JULY 7. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE ARIZONA STATE IMMIGRATION LAW, FEDERAL VERSUS STATE, AND WE WANT TO GET YOU INVOLVED. HERE...
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Perez, Evan - Correspondent
DEPARTMENT'S ACTION, IN THEIR OPINION? GUEST: IN THEIR
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Harleston, Robb - Host
VIEW, IT IS PRE- EMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW THAT GOVERNS IMMIGRATION GOING BACK 100 YEARS, AND THE FEDERAL
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Perez, Evan - Correspondent
COURTS HAVE USED THAT, ESPECIALLY AS AN EXTENSION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. IT IS UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THAT IS THE BASIC PREMISE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
COUPLE LAWSUITS FILED BY LOCAL, CIVIL
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Perez, Evan - Correspondent
LIBERTIES, ACTIVISTS GROUPS IN ARIZONA. SO, WHEN THIS COMES INTO PLAY, FIRST THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR AN INJUNCTION TO PREVENT THE LAW FROM...
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| 00:03:01 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
THE ARIZONA LAW WILL NOT GO INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF THE MONTH? GUEST: A FEDERAL JUDGE WILL HEAR THAT QUESTION. I AM NOT SURE WHICH JUDGE HAS IT.
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Perez, Evan - Correspondent
HOST: WILL THERE BE A FINAL ARBITER AS TO WHETHER THIS LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
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Harleston, Robb - Host
GUEST: YES, EVENTUALLY BE EXPECTED TO GET TO THE SUPREME COURT. SOME CONSERVATIVES USE IT AS A CHANCE TO LITIGATE
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Perez, Evan - Correspondent
SOMETHING NEVER GOT TO SEE THE END OF, WHICH IS PROPOSITION 187 IN CALIFORNIA FOR MANY YEARS AGO. MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE...
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| 00:04:10 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
THE PRESIDENT DID A MAJOR IMMIGRATION SPEECH LAST YEAR. HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO PROD THE POLITICAL
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Perez, Evan - Correspondent
PARTIES TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, AND WHAT THEY CALLED COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM INCLUDING THE PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP, AND TO INCREASE BORDER...
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| 00:05:17 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
THANKS FOR JOINING US. MORE FROM THIS ARTICLE, THE LAWSUIT FILED TUESDAY SETS UP A LIKELY SUPREME COURT CLASH OVER STATE VERSUS FEDERAL POWER THAT SOME...
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CALLER, -
THE FEDERAL AND LOCAL, AND STATE LEVELS. IT GOES LIKE THIS -- GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENTS HAVE NO LEGAL DUTY TO PROTECT IT A DUTY TO PROTECT SOCIETY AS...
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| 00:08:57 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
LAST CALLER -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS GUY IS COMING FROM, BUT BASICALLY,
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CALLER, -
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS HAD JURISDICTION OVER MATTERS HAVING TO DO WITH IMMIGRATION LAW -- YES, I WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS LAST CALLER. IN MATTERS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
OF JUSTICE AT THEIR LEISURE HAS FOLLOWED THE CASE, AND HAVE SPENT ENOUGH TIME RESEARCHING
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CALLER, -
THIS TO FILE A LAWSUIT NOW. THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN INJUNCTION, DON'T WANT ANY IRREPARABLE HARM TO HAPPEN TO THESE RESIDENTS OF HISPANIC BACKGROUND. PEOPLE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: YES, I HAVE A COMMENT NO ONE HAS COVERED SO FAR SINCE I HAVE BEEN LISTENING. THE LAW THAT THE
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STATE OF ARIZONA HAS ADOPTED IS THE SAME AS THE FEDERAL LAW. THE ONLY THING THE GOVERNOR AND OTHERS HERE WANTED TO DO WAS THAT THEY WANTED THE FEDERAL...
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| 00:11:41 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
STATE MAY NOT ESTABLISH ITS OWN IMMIGRATION POLICY OR ENFORCE STATE LAW IN A MATTERMAYOR THAT INTERFERES WITH HE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS. WHAT DO THINK...
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CALLER, -
THEY ARE REFUSING, I.C.E. IS REFUSING TO FOLLOW FEDERAL LAW. THE OTHER THING THAT IRRITATES ME, SUCH AS JUAN, PEOPLE LIVE HERE -- AND THAT INCLUDES LEGAL...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: IT IS DISGRACEFUL THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WILL LEAD TO CONGRESS HAVE ALLOWED IT TO GET THIS BAD. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
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CALLER, -
IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST SCAMS PERPETRATED AGAINST THIS COUNTRY SINCE ITS INDEPENDENCE. EVERYONE IS DOWN ON ARIZONA BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ALREADY ON THE BOOKS. AND THERE HAS TO BEESOME COMPASSION AND MITIGATING
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CALLER, -
CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT OVERALL, ANYONE WHO ENTERS ILLEGALLY, SHOULD BE DEPORTED.. HOST: "THE WASHINGTON POST" IN THEIR LEAD EDITORIAL SAYS STATES ARE FREE...
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| 00:14:08 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
IF THE RESULTS ARE REPREHENSIBLE AND CHARTS OF THE DEBT THEY CANNOT PASS LAWS THAT PROMPT OR IGNORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE SUIT FILED IN THE PHOENIX...
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CALLER, -
IS SUPPORTING MEXICO'S FAILED ECONOMIC POLICY. IF THEY WOULD WORK ON THEIR OWN ECONOMY DOWN THERE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO SEND PEOPLE OVER HERE. THEY'RE...
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| 00:15:56 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: THESE PEOPLE WILL DO THESE JOBS IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. NONE OF THESE JOBS ARE ADVERTISED. AMERICANS
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CALLER, -
WOULD SWAMP THEM. HAVING AMERICANS FILLED THESE POSITIONS. I KNOW IT, AND THEY NOTE. JUST GIVE AMERICAN CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO GET THEM OUT OF HERE, ...
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I GOT TAKEN OFF OF THREE CONSTRUCTION SITES, ME AND 100 OTHER AMERICANS, AND WERE ALL REPLACED WITH MEXICANS. IT IS NOT FAIR TO US. WE'RE LOSING HOMES...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
NOT ONLY ME, BUT OVER 100 OTHER AMERICANS ON THE SIDE. IT IS ALL BEING BUILT BY MEXICANS ONLY. THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
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CALLER, -
THIS IS AMERICA. HOST: TENN., ON THE LINE FOR INDEPENDENTS.
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: YES, WITH THE LAST TWO COLORS, ULTIMATELY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL WIN BASED ON
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DISCRIMINATORY -- THE WAY THE STATES WILL HANDLE IT -- BASED ON THE LAST TWO CALLERS. I SEE THE GOVERNMENT STOPPING IT ALL THE WAY AROUND. HOST: YOU...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ISSUES, SUCH AS HERE IN TENNESSEE. THIS
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CALLER, -
IS A GREAT ISSUE THAT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS BOTH INTERNALLY AND ABROAD. I CAN SEE WHERE THE LAST TWO CALLERS ARE COMING FROM, THE MORE ILLEGALS WHO COME...
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| 00:19:03 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
I AM A STUDENT IN HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE ABOUT THREE YEARS. INDUUTRY, AND I PERSONALLY KNOW
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CALLER, -
ABOUT NINE OR 10 PEOPLE WHO HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE STATE. I ASSUME BECAUSE THERE WERE ILLEGAL, MEXICAN. OF ALL THOSE, ONLY ONE WENT BACK TO MEXICO....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: WELCOME I HAVE CO- WORKERS WHOM I KNOW ARE FROM MEXICO. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN HERE. SOME DO NOT
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SPEAK ENGLISH, AND I DO NOT KNOW THEM WELL. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE ONES WHO HAVE LEFT HAVE NOT RETURNED TO MEXICO. HOST: THOSE AMINO, WHETHER THEY STAY...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE KNOW IF THEY ARE APPLIED TO BECOME U.S. CITIZENS? CALLER: I DO NOT KNOW. BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED WITH THE REALITY OF PEOPLE LIVING HERE IN ARIZONA.
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CALLER, -
I GET TIRED OF PEOPLE ATTACKING THE PRESIDENT OVER. HE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST FIVE PRESIDENTS, NONE OF THEM HAVE DONE ANYTHING...
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| 00:21:14 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
CONSTITUTIOO BY TURN TO SUPERSEDE FEDERAL LAW AND BY IMPAIRING THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL AND CONDUCT INTERSTATE COMMERCE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. THE NEXT PHONE...
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| 00:22:33 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
BAKERSFIELD SEE THIS AS A GOOD MOVE? CALLER: MOST OF THEM DO. MOST OF THEM ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ARIZONA
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LAW BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM. YOU HAVE PEOPLE CROSSING THE BORDER, LOOKING FOR WORK, TAKING THE WORK AWAY FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND NOBODY IS REALLY...
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| 00:23:13 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
IT'S THOSE THAT WHAT THIS ARIZONA LAW DOES NOT DO IS HASTENED THE COMPREHENNIVE IMMIGRRTION REFORM THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLED FOR LAST WEEK. GOOD MORNING,...
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FIRST OF ALL, I BELIEVE THE REASON EMIGRATION HAS GOTTEN SO FAR OUT OF HAND IS NOT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. IT IS ILLEGAL EMPLOYERS. IT IS SLAVE LABOR, NO...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
BEST THING THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO IS PREDICT A STABLE, PREDICTABLE GOVERNMENT. CALLER: YES. IT SOUNDS WONDERFUL, BUT IT IS PLAIN
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CALLER, -
TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO JUST DO NOT GET IT. THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH AIR OUT THERE AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERN. WE ALREADY HAVE LAWS GOVERNING THIS. THEY'RE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE REALITY OF LIVING IN SOUTHERN
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ARIZONA IS THAT+ COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM IS BEING USED BY THE POLITICIANS TO AVERT THE ISSUE. THE LAW IN 1070 WAS DRAFTED IT ORIGINALLY FOR BORDER...
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| 00:27:14 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: NO, THIS COUNTY IS PREDOMINATELY DEMOCRAT AND HISPANIC. ANOTHER COUNTY
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CALLER, -
IS MOSTLY OPPOSITE. THE MAJORITY IS CAUCASIAN, MOSTLY REPUBLICAN. WE ARE THE FIRST MAJOR CITY, A MAJOR DRUG HUB BY PROXIMITY. WE UNDERSTAND THE LAW WHICH...
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| 00:28:00 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
NEXT UP, RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA ON THE LINE FOR REPUBLICANS. CALLER: OUR PRESIDENT I THINK SHOULD BE PUT INTO PRRSON, BASICALLY JAILED FOR NOT
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CALLER, -
ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS. -PIIAM IN CALIFORNIA WHERE WE ARE INUNDATED WITH ILLEGALS ON WELFARE, HOUSING. THE PROGRAMS THAT WE GIVE THESE PEOPLE TO...
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| 00:29:01 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST" WITH THE HEADLINE -- ARMY INTELLIGENCE ANALYST IS CHARGED IN WIKILEAKS CASE. THE CASE AGAINST BRADLEY MANNING REFLECTS THE...
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CALLER, -
I SEE BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT, BUT IT HAS GOT TO STOP. I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE WE'RE COMING UP TO THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11. ALL THE HIJACKERS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
A FEW POINTS, AND THE ONE THAT YOU KEEP MAKING -- FIRST OF ALL, I WANT AMERICANS TAKE THESE
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CALLER, -
JOBS, YOU ASK? SOME CLAIM THEY HAVE OFFERED THESE JOBS TO AMERICANS AT $10 PER HOUR. FOR 20 YEARS TO DOLLARS PER HOUR MADE PEOPLE ENOUGH MONEY. LET'S...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
TO GET THE RIGHT IS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S POLICY NOT TO SECURE AMERICA'S SOUTHERN BORDER. CALLER: I AGREE WITH THAT. THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS DO NOT...
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CALLER, -
BUT WHEN THEY CONTROL IF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENCY, THEY DID NOT INTRODUCE ONE BILL AT ALL TO LIMIT ABORTION. IT IS ALL LIP SERVICE BY REPUBLICANS....
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| 00:34:22 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: I LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE IT IS MOSTLY MEXICAN. THERE WERE SOME ILLEGALS HERE, NOT AS MANY
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CALLER, -
NOW. THE MAJORITY OF JOBS HERE ARE PICKING. IF YOU EAT CANTALOUPE, IT WAS PROBABLY PICKED BY A MEXICAN. HOST: HOW MUCH DO THEY GET PAID? CALLER: BETWEEN...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
PER HOUR. HOST: AND THE YOU KNOW ANY
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CALLER, -
NON- DO THAT? OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA WHO SAY THEY'RE TAKING JOBS?
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: I DO NOT THINK ANY OF THE WHITE PEOPLE WANT THE JOBS, AND I DON'T SEE THEM COMPLAINING ABOUT IT HERE.
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CALLER, -
IT IS 110 DEGREES OUT THERE -- I DON'T WANT IT, BBT I AM RETIRED AND ON DISABILITY. MY LANDLORD IS MEXICAN. HE CAME HERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND DOING...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
HERE, THEY CAME LEGALLY AND WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH COMING HERE, DOING
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CALLER, -
IT RIGHT, SON IN YOUR NAME, SPEAK ENGLISH. IF YOU ARE ILLEGAL, DO NOT DO IT. SEND THEM BACK. HOST: IN "THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER" THIS MORNING, PREPARED...
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| 00:36:02 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
SERVICE IS FACING AN ESTIMATED $7 MILLION -- $7 BILLION SHORTFALL IN 2011. LYNCHBURG, VA., ON THE LINE FOR REPUBLICANS. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A...
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CALLER, -
PEOPLE -- WHICH SHOULD NOT MISUNDERSTAND -- THIS IS NOT A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT ISSUE. THIS IS AN AMERICAN ISSUE AND CONCERNS OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND...
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| 00:37:13 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
WHICH THEY CAN ESTABLISH LEGAL RESIDENCY HERE? CALLER: I BELIEVED IF THEY ARE HERE FEWER THAN FIVE YEARS THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ESTABLISH LEGAL...
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THAN FIVE YEARS THEY SHOULD BE PENALIZED AND GIVEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO ESTABLISH LEGAL RESIDENCY. HOST: SO, IF THEY ARE HERE FEWER THAN FIVE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: YES, THIS IS STILL ONE NATION. IF WE DON'T MAINTAIN OUR NATIONAL IDENTITY, THEN WE ARE DESTINED TO FAIL LIKE
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CALLER, -
MOST OF THE LATIN COUNTRIES WHERE THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COME FROM. HOST: OUR NEXT CALL COMES FROM PHOENIX. CALLER: THANK YOU.
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| 00:38:06 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
ONE ISSUE IS THE COST OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS
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CALLER, -
OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. ARIZONA IS A RETIREMENT STATE. PEOPLE LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES. MY PROPERTY TAXES HAVE DOUBLED%-IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 65% OF...
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| 00:39:28 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
NEXT UP, CLEVELAND, OHIO, ON THE LINE FOR DEMOCRATS. CALLER: HI. I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT I AM HEARING
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CALLER, -
FROM THOSE CALLING IN THIS MORNING. BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT IT IS BEST TO BE EDUCATED ABOUT IT. THIS IMMIGRATION PROBLEM BEGAN WITH RRNALD...
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| 00:41:45 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: SIR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I BACK THE GOVERNMENT OF ARIZONA 100%. I AM SO THANKFUL
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CALLER, -
TO GOD THAT IT TOOK A WOMAN TO GET SOMETHING DONE. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE TO PUT A STOP TO ALL THIS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BECAUSE IT IS NOT RIGHT. IT IS...
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| 00:42:45 |
Harleston, Robb - Host
RULES REPRESENTED ITS MOST COMPREHENSIVE EVER YET TO TACKLE POLLUTION -- IN AN EDITORIAL INSIDE A. THE WASHINGTON POST." -- INSIDE "THE WASHINGTON POST."...
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CALLER, -
WE CAN BE OVER PROTECTING OTHER PEOPLE'S WATERS, BUT THEY'RE LEAVING OUR BACK DOOR WIDE OPENN UNTIL WE GET A LOT OF THESE CONGRESSMAN OUT AND PEOPLL...
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