According to the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, debates were intense and concerned mainly civil and criminal measures in cases of intellectual property rights infringements, border measures, enforcement of rights in the digital environment and the scope of application of the agreement.

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The blueprint that has been presented by the eight senators, for example, already delineates harsher punitive measures for future undocumented migrants, and harsher enforcement at the border.

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Personally, I'm convinced that the answer to America's immigration woes is a middle-of-the-road approach that combines enforcement measures (continued workplace raids, speedier deportations, more spending on tools and technology for border patrol agents, etc.) with guest workers, an increase in legal immigration, a tamper-proof ID card for all U.S. employees, tougher sanctions for employers and a path to earned legalization for illegal immigrants who came into the country before January 1, 2000.

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