They say we are going to be a little different than the Kennedy bill for those 1.4 million people who have been here from 2 to 5 years. What happens to those that have only been here illegally for 2 to 5 years? You get to stay legally. and you are able to continue to work in the United States while you apply for a work visa if. within 3 years. at any time during that 3 years. you go across the border through a consular office and pick up a nonimmigrant visa that you can apply for from the United States. Although the Department of Homeland Security Secretary may waive the departure requirement. So you can go across the border. go to the office. pick up the thing and come right back the same day. Spouses and children get the same status. If they came here illegally. they get the same green card status. but they dont have to go across the A pril 6. 2006 border to pick it up. they can get it right here at home. If they apply for the H2C. a new work visa created under title IV. the employer can sponsor them for a green card the day they come back into the United States. The employer can petition that day to get them a green card. Once you get that green card. you are a legal. permanent resident. entitled to the welfare and governmental benefits of our country. What about those who are here for less than 2 years? That is not directly addressed in this compromise bill that we now have before us that is supposed to solve all of our problems. Unfortunately. it doesnt solve them. The compromise sponsors will tell you that the people who have been here less than 2 years--that is about 1.2 to 1.7 millionwill have to leave immediately or be deported. First. let me ask how many people are being apprehended and deported today? Who is going to apprehend and deport these people who are here illegally in the last year? I raise that as a practical question.
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