Immigration bill: $500 fine puts undocumented workers on legal path
An immigration reform bill put forward by congressional Democrats Tuesday offers legal status to the estimated 11 million to 12 million undocumented workers already in the United States. if they pay a $500 fine. It also would allow more foreign nurses and venture capitalists into the U.S. for work. Skeptics say the bill, introduced by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and other Democrats, amounts to amnesty for illegal immigrants already in the country. U.S. Reps. Raul Grijalva of Tucson and Ed Pastor of Phoenix are part of the Hispanic caucus. They are both Democrats.
In addition to the $500 fine, the proposed bill would allow some deported illegal immigrants to apply for legal status and would lift immigration rules for those charged only with using fake Social Security numbers saving account payday loan.
The bill also would create a new immigration category for investors including venture capitalists looking to the enter the U.S.. The Congressional Black Caucus and liberal Progressive Caucus, of which Grijalva is a key member, also back the bill. President Barack Obama also has put Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, former Arizona governor of, as the administration’s point person. Both Obama and Napolitano support a legal path or amnesty for illegal immigrants already in the state.
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