Jon Kyl: “let me reclaim my time. The key difference is how you gain the status of legal permanent resident. Under the…”

“let me reclaim my time. The key difference is how you gain the status of legal permanent resident. Under the Craig-Kennedy bill, you get that after working here doing the very same thing that you are doing illegally today. You are not doing anything different. You are just doing it now under a new status as opposed to the old status. Once you do that, you get legal permanent residency. That is the difference. Under the Chambliss-Kyl legislation, you never get legal permanent residency. Second, under the Craig-Kennedy legislation, I think the Senator from Idaho misspoke when he said we don't grant citizenship. I think it is fair to say we don't grant citizenship, but it is that status of legal permanent residency which entitles you to apply for citizenship under the United States Code--8, United States Code, section 1427(a). The point is, the granting of the legal permanent status under the Craig-Kennedy legislation automatically entitles you to apply for citizenship. That is the amnesty. You can't do that under the Chambliss-Kyl legislation. There is no path to citizenship for people who violated the law except to go back to the country of origin and do it just like everybody else--to get in line like everybody else. The final point I want to make is this: I think it is a very dangerous proposition to argue that we can't control our borders. We can.…”