That is all fine and good. to make these distinctions and to have different consequences for people who fall into these different categories. Maybe that makes sense. But it is important to understand what proof an illegal immigrant needs to offer to be put in one category versus another. One might assumeand certainly the American public watching the debate might assumewith the significance of these three categories. how they color the entire picture of the pathway for that illegal immigrantclear. objective documentary evidence is going to be required to go into the best category versus the second best versus the worst. That would be a pretty good assumption because these categories are important and lead to different consequences. Unfortunately. that is not the case. In the underlying bill. the illegal immigrant can present all sorts of things to be put in the best category. And one of the things he can present. if he says he doesnt have any of the others. is a simple statement that he himself signs. So at the end of the day. we are making all of these very important distinctions between has the person been in the country over 5 years or between 2 and 5 years or under 2 years. but when it comes down to the actual workings of how this will operate in the real world. all that person has to do is write out a fairly simple statement-"I have been here for over 5 years"-sign his name to it. and under the details of the bill that is good enough.
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