The committee bill is not an amnesty bill. President Reagan signed an amnesty bill in 1986. This is not. This is a tough bill with a realistic way to strengthen our security and border enforcement. while bringing people out of the shadows to earn citizenshipnot immediate citizenship. it still takes 11 years. They have to pay fines. work. pay taxes. they have to learn English. and then they have to swear allegiance to the United States. That is a long way from amnesty. As the New York Times noted in an editorial. responding to those who falsely smeared this as an amnesty bill. painting the word "deer" on a cow and taking it into the woods does not make the cow into a deer.
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