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Just stop at one of these construction sites and look and see who those workers are. They're all Hispanic ... And I bet you they're illegal.

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John McCain
Age: 81 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 29
Died: 2018
Died: August 25
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John Sidney McCain III
John S. McCain
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