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Alex Nowrasteh on Republican solutions to immigration reform

9:06 AM, November 13, 2012

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Alex Nowrasteh, immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute, will join The Daily Circuit Tuesday in the second of two conversations about immigration reform. Nowrasteh is deeply involved in trying to figure out what Republicans have to offer for a solution to this growing problem.

Last week we had a conversation with Pilar Marrero, senior political writer for La Opinion, on her views on immigration reform now that President Obama has been re-elected for a second term.

What does robust but practical immigration reform look like? What's the best way to handle people who are living and working in the United States, but who came here illegally?

VIDEO: Nowrasteh on Obama's 'temporary, tepid immigration fix'

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