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Another issue the Senate debated was the path to legal status for undocumented immigrants.  I understand that legalization may seem unfair to those who have waited to immigrate to our country legally, but there are many reasons why we must find a way to legalize those who are already here.  First, legalizing undocumented immigrants will prevent the kinds of exploitation that drive down wages for all workers.  Second, it will make it easier for immigrants to integrate into and contribute to our communities.  Third, it will improve our national security to know who lives within our borders.  My Senate colleagues agreed, and thus the version of S. 744 that passed the Senate retained this important component of immigration reform.

This coming from the same government who knew about the Boston Marathon terrorists living "within our borders."  Known ties to foreign terrorists, receiving tax-payer funded handouts, and even on the government's terrorism watch list....

Apparently just KNOWING who is here isn't sufficient when your government is too incompetent to ACT on that knowledge.

Knowledge is the key, but putting knowledge into practice is what opens the locks!!

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