The cards would be used to check work authorization both at the border and inside the country.

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"A lot of Americans come down to Mexico and check their brains at the border, " says Duane Christie, an owner of the Century 21 master franchise in Mexico.

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She remembers flying with him in his single-engine plane across the Iowa border to check out crops, even though he didn't own them.

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The measure would put millions who are in the U.S. illegally on a 13-year path to citizenship, while toughening border security requirements, mandating that all employers check the legal status of workers, and allowing tens of thousands of new high- and low-skilled workers into the country with new visa programs.

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If you want to hop back across the pond and see how South Florida's surprisingly large British expat population parties, check into Churchill's (5501 NE 2 Av) on the southern border of Little Haiti.

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