Although I will note, even within the 50-year projection, they projected for 13 years, an amnesty program for undocumented workers would be a net benefit for the U.S. economy.

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Others want undocumented workers to have a chance to stay in the U.S. legally.

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The business-friendly measure could sweeten an immigration deal for Republicans who have traditionally resisted efforts to provide a path for the estimated 11 million undocumented workers to become U.S. citizens.

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But in a CNN-ORC International poll in mid-January, 53% of Americans said the main focus of U.S. policy on illegal immigration should be finding a way to allow undocumented residents to get legal status.

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The plan creates a path to citizenship for the 12 million undocumented immigrants now in the U.S. and tightens security at the border.

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The defendants, authorities say, made more than half a million dollars selling forged Cuban birth certificates to undocumented immigrants and helping them fill out fraudulent U.S. immigration forms.

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