MPs have questioned the projected savings and the wider benefit to government in terms of quicker decision-making and greater accountability.

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President Obama repeated the projected 1, 000 job creation benefit in a May 2009 speech at the plant.

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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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