The sanctions provisions are fair to decent and honest employers. but at the same time. ensure that repeat offenders will be subject to strong civil and criminal penalties. Legalization is fair to the American people because it regularizes the status of only those who have resided continuously in this country for almost 5 years. but does not reward those who have been here for short periods of time or who have returned for lengthy periods to their home country. The conference report is balanced because it contains both sanctions and legalization. You cannot have sanctions without legalization and you cannot have legalization without sanctions. As I have noted. this is the basic tradeoff in our attempt to legislate meaningful immigration reform. Mr. Speaker.
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