Name: Connected at the Hip: Health Care and Immigration Reform
Uploaded: 2009-10-13T18:10:00-04:00
Duration: 2 min 5 s
Description: Duke University Professor Noah Pickus says the health care reform debate is already affecting the fate of potential immigration legislation.

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Duke University Professor Noah Pickus says the health care reform debate is already affecting the fate of potential immigration legislation.

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