To gain a green card, which offers a step toward citizenship, they would need to pay taxes, pass a background check and line up behind people who had applied to the system legally.

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The United States will still gain many new green-collar jobs in installation and maintenance, which can only be locally based, as well as sales teams, conference planners, and other positions already arising to support the growing green-tech field.

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Will small and medium businesses be able to meet these standards and gain access to international green markets?

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Professor RICK HASEN (Election Expert, Loyola Law School): I fear that this opinion is a green light for legislators to try and gain an electoral advantage.

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It would take 10 years for undocumented workers to get a green card, and then another three years to gain citizenship.

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Of course from those stratospheric heights, the pace of further spending increases may seem slower, just like if Jack in the Beanstalk and the Jolly Green Giant both eat the same feast, the percentage weight gain for the Giant will be so much smaller than for Jack.

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Shares of the SPDR Financial ETF () were trading higher on the week by about 1%, but it took Thursday's strong gain of 3% to push it back into the green for the week.

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Dynamic windows that can change transparency to manage solar heat gain, glare, and daylighting are building buzz in the green building world.

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There's even a "white tag" market: When I install a more efficient light bulb, I can sell that efficiency gain to the fossil fuel power plant, just as if it's a green tag.

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