In the past. there were programs. such as the Brasero program. from years ago. in which there was massive exploitation of workers who were being brought here for a short period of time. What we have done in this legislation is to make sure that massive exploitation will not occur because the worker protections have been included in this legislation. Finally. we will secure Americas economic future by providing a realistic solution to the 12 million or so American people who are working in America. who have come here illegally. and who are in an undocumented status. That. at the end of the day. in many ways. has been the most contentious item we have debated in immigration reform. What do we do with the 12 million people here who are working in our factories. who are making our beds. who are fixing our food in our restaurants. and who do all the work here in America to make sure everybodys daily needs are taken care of? They interface with us in our daily lives. Some people have said. as all of us have heard. I am sure. every Senator here. we ought to round them up and deport them all. we ought to have a mass deportation of the 12 million people here in America today. A mass deportation. Well. there is a fiscal cost associated with that. Some people have made an estimate that it would cost multiple billions of dollars to be able to round up all these people and to deport them.
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