John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)

The working holiday arrangements and the bilateral efforts on the E3 visa mean absolutely nothing to the undocumented. There is no solution within those legislative frameworks for the undocumented Irish in the US. The answer of the Minister of State means nothing. There is no progress. There has been much discussion over the past five years. Can the Minister of State tell us where we are on Capital Hill and within the US Administration with regard to the undocumented, beyond the negotiations that took place two months ago on St. Patrick's Day?

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