Think about it. A child brought into the United States by parents at an early age of 1 or 2. in the United States for 16. 17 or 18 years. still has not reached legal status by virtue of living here. by going to school here. by participating in America. They are still undocumented. If we give foreigners on student visasthose who come to go to school in the United Statesa chance to obtain legal status after only a short time in this country. surely we should extend the same opportunity to young people who have grown up here and show a promise to contribute to America. Under title VI of the chairmans mark which we considered in the committee. an undocumented individual could have qualified for gold card status if they were working in January of 2004. but a person who wasnt working on that date because they were too young or in school wouldnt qualify. no matter how long they lived here. We addressed that. The chairmans mark was not adopted by the committee.
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