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To: FJB who wrote (48695)

7/15/2013 5:37:28 PM

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Gang of Eight Bill Gives Corporations Amnesty

BY STEPHEN K. BANNON AND TONY LEE

An explosive new report from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) slams the Gang of Eight's comprehensive immigration reform bill as an amnesty bill--for corporations.

GAI, a nonpartisan government watchdog organization, has found a so-called corporate "Get Out of Jail Free" card in the Senate's immigration bill that would allow companies to dodge millions of dollars in fines and prosecution of executives for hiring or having hired illegal immigrants.

Here is how the bill would give "corporate amnesty" to employers who knowingly employ illegal immigrants. Under the Senate bill, illegal immigrants currently in the United States may apply for "provisional status" by providing documentation, which includes employment records, that shows they have been in the country since December of 2011, per Section 2101 of the bill.

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