Would we even want to give 1 milion illegal immigrants citizenship status?
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Legalizing the status of immigrants already here helps the economy more than it hurts.
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Last week, Bush proposed changing U.S. immigration laws to allow illegal immigrants to obtain legal status as temporary workers in jobs U.S. employers were unable to fill with Americans.
In the halls of the US Senate, a bipartisan group of senators is close to a deal on legislation that would require tough border security measures to be in place before undocumented immigrants could gain legal status.
We think it is very important for the federal government to be serious about border security, to go after companies that are taking advantage of undocumented workers, and to provide a pathway for legal status for immigrants.
The first challenge came on Grassley's proposal to require six months to elapse between the time the southern border is secured and immigrants may begin seeking legal status, a step that Schumer said would "delay, probably forever, any legalization" for immigrants now living in the country without authorization.
While Salazar acknowledged voting against a state bill that would have prohibited illegal immigrants from receiving in-state tuition status, his campaign said he did not support amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Contrary to popular belief, marriage to a U.S. citizen does not automatically confer legal status on unauthorized immigrants.
Lawmakers are expected soon to unveil a bill that would grant a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants.
Charles Grassley of Iowa, referring to a series of requirements that must be met before unauthorized immigrants can apply for legal status.
Still others have tried to split the difference by arguing for a permanent noncitizen legal-resident status for illegal immigrants and their offspring, on the German and French model.
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In a cavernous room packed with lobbyists and immigration activists, the panel rejected three attempts by opponents of the bill to impose tougher conditions on border security before unauthorized immigrants could apply for legal status.
In the annual State Department green-card lottery that awards permanent-resident status to prospective immigrants via random drawing, New York's government is very proactive in seeking out new immigrants and becomes home for 12% of lottery winners.
He also opposed the DREAM Act, which would have offered legal status to young illegal immigrants who went to college or joined the military.
In 2010, Congress debated but did not approve the Dream Act, which would have given legal status to some young immigrants who came to the US as children.
U.S. and Mexican officials have been talking about immigration reform since early this year, discussions that led to the proposal by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Attorney General John Ashcroft to grant residence status to Mexican illegal immigrants.
As an additional wrinkle, many of these DHS employees who oppose the bill would be charged with helping to implement it, either by reviewing the applications of undocumented immigrants who would be seeking legal status or deporting those who didn't qualify for it.
On a later trip, U.S. Border Patrol Agents caught and returned him to Mexico but he later succeeded in entering the United States and benefitted from the aftermath of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, signed by President Ronald Reagan, which gave legal status to many undocumented immigrants.
Some immigrants are holding off because Congress has begun to consider an immigration overhaul that could offer legal permanent status to most of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. The DACA program doesn't offer a green card or a path to citizenship, and participants must reapply every two years.
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The reform was supposed to include a pathway to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.
The House group is now expected to unveil its legislation sometime in April, though details remain unclear, including the shape of any path to legal status or citizenship for illegal immigrants.
The main overhaul plan under consideration in Congress would grant legal status and citizenship to illegal immigrants, which many in the GOP see as a form of amnesty for people who broke U.S. law.
Rubio is leading an effort by some Republicans to shift party policy on immigration reform by accepting the concept backed by Obama and Democrats that the nation's estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants should have a path to legal status.
Southern wine-makers and fruit-growers, for instance, complain that they cannot get enough workers, despite jobless rates of over 9% of the workforce, while United Nations statisticians say that France would need 1.7m immigrants a year to maintain its demographic status quo.
Creating a fair and equitable path to full legal status and citizenship for undocumented immigrants will enhance their prospects to participate fully in the American economic system, contributing to their communities through the work they do and providing jobs in turn as they spend the money they earn.
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Republicans tend to prefer doing it step-by-step, dealing separately with new immigrants and children of undocumented workers, for example, and then offering illegal immigrants a path toward some kind of legal status down the road.
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The last amnesty law passed in 1986 granted legal status to 2.7 million illegal immigrants.
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The DREAM Act would have conferred permanent-resident status on roughly the same set of immigrants that DACA covers.
Several hundred Sudanese immigrants rallied Sunday in Tel Aviv, demanding refugee status.
They refuse to discuss policies aimed at resolving the status of the 11m-odd illegal immigrants already in the country until they deem the border secure.
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