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Qatar as they get ready. >> my guess is it's probably a lot worse. many construction workers they're shipped in from other countries. they work under slave conditions. and many construction workers are dying. >> i think a nepalese immigrant worker dies every other day in qatar, building the infrastructure for the world cup. they're looking up these bids again. do you think there's any chance that they rescind -- that circumstances around it are so murky and corrupted -- >> i think that's what most people are probably hoping for. but until today, most people would say no, it's still going to ha...

In the country. on any given day, about 400,000 farm workers are tending to crops and fields. in fact, florida produces about 64% of all citrus grown in the u.s. and polk county produces more of it than any other county in the state, with about 30 million boxes harvested per year. chances are good if you had an orange today, it came from polk county and an immigrant worker picked it. >> the thing for me i don't understand is everyone says we got high unemployment rates but there are jobs that american citizens won't apply for. people could pick oranges, strawberries, pick whatever, but they do...

Reform today. they want the proposal to be pushed through the senate this spring. >> for the first time ever, there is more political risk in opposing immigration reform than in supporting it. >> the plan is a common sense approach to give 11 million undocumented workers in this country a chance to become citizens without fearing deportation. >> if you got up this morning and had fruits for breakfast, it was probably picked by the bent back of an immigrant worker. if you slept in a hotel or motel of the nation, you probably had your room done by an immigrant worker. >> the problem is in the pa...

Pushed through the senate this spring. >> for the first time ever, there is more political risk in opposing immigration reform than in supporting it. >> the plan is a common sense approach to give 11 million undocumented workers in this country a chance to become citizens without fearing deportation. >> if you got up this morning and had fruits for breakfast, it was probably picked by the bent back of an immigrant worker. if you slept in a hotel or motel of the nation, you probably had your room done by an immigrant worker. >> the problem is in the past the republicans have screamed amnesty wh...

They need to partner with the democrats on immigration reform, or basically be left in the dust. this is just one of many issues. senator chuck schumer new york led seven of his senate colleagues in announcing a bipartisan plan for immigration reform today. they want the proposal to be pushed through the senate this spring. >> for the first time ever, there is more political risk in opposing immigration reform than in supporting it. >> the plan is a common sense approach to give 11 million undocumented workers in this country a chance to become citizens without fearing deportation. >> if you g...