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Sen. McCaskill (D-Mo.) -- Supports Dream

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…McCaskill, in turn, reaffirmed her longstanding argument that the best way to battle illegal immigration is to enforce stiff penalties on employers who knowingly hired illegals and, for example, "put 14 in a hotel room ...and pay them $200 in cash on Fridays" to work as roofing or lawn crews.

Such jobs are the real enticement for illegal immigrants and their disappearance is the best was to discourage it, the senator said.

Sen. Bennet (D-Colo.) -- Favors Amnesty

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Sen. Michael Bennet, potentially wading into a heated political debate a year before he runs for his first election, said Saturday he supports a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally.

Speaking at a news conference of four Colorado congressional Democrats touting efforts during Barack Obama's first 100 days in office and the new Congress, Bennet said a path to citizenship along with increased border enforcement should be part of comprehensive immigration reform.

'The current status quo is clearly unacceptable on so many levels,' Bennet said.

Sen. LeMeiux (R-Fla.) - Secure the Borders

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LeMieux appears likely to steer clear of Martinez's controversial attempts to overhaul immigration law, which would include a path to citizenship for the undocumented. "We need to secure our borders," LeMieux said. "After we do that, we can figure what happens to people already here."http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/orl-lemieux-senate-090909,0,4035843.story

By William E. Gibson -- Sun (Ft. Lauderdale) Sentinel

Ark. AG certifies measure aimed at denying services to illegal immigrants

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The Arkansas attorney general's office has cleared the way for signature-gathering by supporters of a proposed ballot measure requiring government agencies to verify that all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents.http://www.wreg.com/sns-ap-ar--illegalimmigrants-arkansas,0,4817822.story

By Andrew DeMillo -- Associated Press

Merits of a virtual fence

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Yet the fact remains that this is not an issue we can continue to ignore - both because of the presence of so many illegals and because we rely on talented immigrants to fuel our economy. We dare not close our borders to the skilled and ambitious immigrants on whom we historically have relied, as the mayors of London and New York recently emphasized.

LTE: Anti-illegal immigration bill working

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The bill works by simply requiring employers to run new employees through the federal E-Verify database to determine if they are legal residents. Employers have had the opportunity to use this database for some time and many concerned employers did. Unfortunately, most did not. http://www.gulflive.com/opinion/mississippipress/letters.ssf?/base/opinion/1255860946104390.xml&coll=5

Mississippi Sen. Michael Watson

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