The bill explicitly says if you want to move toward legalization, you have to submit yourself to a criminal background check; no criminal record. Frankly, I can't imagine there would be a terrorist who would say, I will wait patiently for 11 years, and I will submit to a criminal background check so that in the 12th year I will commit an act of terrorism.
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