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The article covers Arkansas Democratic Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner facing backlash after remarks on a podcast where she relayed a farmer’s view that undocumented immigrant workers were so hardworking “we’d trade five Americans for one of them.” Shoffner argued the immigration system is broken and that many farmers rely on immigrant labor, but critics — including Senator Tom Cotton’s campaign — seized on her words as proof she values illegal immigrants over American citizens. The controversy has sparked heated debate about immigration, labor shortages, and political messaging in a conservative state.





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