People have to come forward, they have to pay a big fine and application fees, they have to go through background checks, pay all of the back taxes that are owed if they were working off the books and prove they've been learning English. I don't think that when you have to do all that, you can consider that an amnesty.
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They all agree we need to be tough on borders. It will be difficult for even the most progressive senator to vote against that and look weak on border security.
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