If they stayed and worked to create jobs and new businesses and new innovations in America. we could build our economy. The bill addressed it. As important as all of those issues are. the bill addressed 11 million undocumented people in America11 million. and that is just an estimate. The bill said those who were here undocumentedwho had been here for several yearscould step up. register with the government. pay their filing fee. submit themselves to a background check. pay their taxes. and then be reviewed annually for years to make sure they were still complying with the laws of the United States. They would not qualify for government benefits or programs during this period of time. but they could work their way to legal status. That bill passed the Senate on a bipartisan basis with 68 votes.
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