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March 28, 2024

The inside story of how Hillary Clinton changed the election on visit to Rancho High

Hillary Clinton Discusses Immigration Reform

Steve Marcus

Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to Juan Salazar during a visit to Rancho High School Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Rancho High School student Betsaida Frausto looks on at right. Clinton joined a roundtable of young Nevadans discussing immigration reform.

Nearly a year ago, Hillary Clinton spoke to young undocumented immigrants and their families at Rancho High School in North Las Vegas, where 40 percent of the population is Latino. The setting was risky — just the kind of event that activists have turned into protests, with videos that travel far and wide.

She would offer a “path to full and equal citizenship” she said, while Jeb Bush, a favorite to win the GOP nomination, supported earned legal status — or as Clinton dismissed it, “second-class status.” That wasn’t unusual. Nor was her support for “comprehensive immigration reform.”

What she said next, however, was.

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