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Fri 07 Jul 2008Taoiseach signals new campaign on illegals
THE TAOISEACH, Brian Cowen, yesterday signalled that the Government would be launching a new drive to resolve the issue of the undocumented Irish in the US.
The plight of undocumented Irish people has been an issue for successive Irish governments over many decades. The liberal quota traditionally allocated to Ireland by the US was severely curtailed in 1965 but the Irish government of the day chose not to lobby against the American decision at the time.
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