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To do it, it goes through. youre an illegal currently e. why would you go through the process of 10 to 15 years before you get citizenship, pay your taxes for 15 years, hope at the end it is still going to be there for you. why wouldnt you just do what youre doing now. >> work illegally. >> i think the level of anxiety for people is too strong. i think theres an economic argument to be made that companies are uncertain about how to handle things, and some companies are accused of abuse, and that...

A pathway for legal status for those who dont get tote get in the front of line and meet other requirements. making sure we have other protections in the bill and theres enough elements for compromise here. if any side digs in and says it has to be all my way. >> what about verify? sam, are you a believer that we can have a system given all the electronics this incredible electronics we keep reading about? certainly the nsa has it. this ability to know everything every time somebody does somethi...

Im not even sure if thats possible. >> how about making it 100% you cant work in the united states without a work permit which you need to have. if you were to go to belgium to get a job, you went to france or swaziland, sam, you would need a work permit. >> thats right. >> so whats wrong with asking for a work permit? >> nothing. this is what mitt romneys platform was was we need a very robust e-verify program. im 100% positive that polls well. the question, though, is not whether you can isola...

This ability to know everything every time somebody does something wrong. theyve got pictures of them at the atm machine, pictures of them going to walmart. apparently were under surveillance. it seems hard to believe we cant tell if a persons the man or woman she claims to be or not. >> sure. thats the big sticking point right now. e-verify is one thing. this biometric fingerprinting system is another thing. the question is, is it too costly? will it take too long to implement 100% across the b...

Their job in five years and the border is spot secure we will be blamed for the next 10 million people who come here illegally. >> sean: i think senator paul has a point here. when it comes to spending cuts and tax increases you get the tax increase, never get the spending cut. here we will find a path to a green card and maybe citizenship but when are we going to get the borders secured for sure? >> a couple of thens. his point is generally well taken. it doesnt say you can come up with a plan ...

>> alisyn: reactive, not proactive. take shoes off after a shoe bomber. this is a bigger issue. the computers couldnt talk to each other. in this day and aim of technology, the computers that they check at the airport -- you see them plugging something in at the airport. that is a dummy computer because it doesnt go to the department of homeland security. from failure to connect the dots. but we are capable of doing anything. i dont believe its bureaucratic quagmire the we cant connect computers...

Plan. at the end of the day people are going to get the legalization if they qualify for it. some people will not qualify for it. but thats why e-verify is so important. you wont be able to find a job. employers are going to now have available to them a legal workforce. there will be no incentive and strong disincentive for them to ignore e-verify and hire someone undocumented. you wont be able to find work in the u.s. if you are not legally here. thats why that e-verify part of it is so importa...

Begin until the plans are in place and we give the department of homeland security a number of months to come up with that plan. at the end of the day people are going to get the legalization if they qualify for it. some people will not qualify for it. but thats why e-verify is so important. you wont be able to find a job. employers are going to now have available to them a legal workforce. there will be no incentive and strong disincentive for them to ignore e-verify and hire someone undocument...

Tonight congressman chaffetz is back. >> weve got to start by fixing legal immigration. i want the fence to work, the border to be secure, but if you dont fix legal immigration you never solve the problem. youve got to get rid of the rewards and incentives that you give people to come here illegally. theyre magnets. part of that is jobs. e-verify is a big part of that solution. you also need an exit/entry program. right now you come in to this country, but when you leave we never know. 40% of th...

Next year. and finally, work place enforcement to verify the immigration status of workers. this is one where weve really fallen short. the contractors have to use a tool called e-verify. what they have to do to make the practice nationwide. e-verify allows you to check the social security number and data of on applicant. but it is not a very good system. even in its limited reach, they found that "the inaccuracy rate for unauthorized workers is approximately 50%, due primarily to identity fraud...