[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S44]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Durbin, 
        Mr. Schumer, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Feinstein, 
        Mr. Coons, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. 
        Boxer, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Heinrich):
  S. 1. A bill to reform America's broken immigration system; to the 
Committee on the Judiciary.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record as follows:

                                  S. 1

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Reform that 
     Works for America's Future Act''.

     SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should--
       (1) create a roadmap for immigrants who are here without 
     legal status to earn citizenship, provided they pay taxes, 
     complete a background check, learn English, and show a 
     commitment to America;
       (2) allow students who came to America as children to earn 
     citizenship by attending college or joining the Armed Forces;
       (3) protect the sustainability of the American agricultural 
     industry, including the dairy industry, with a stable and 
     legal agricultural workforce;
       (4) encourage those who seek to invest in the United States 
     and create American jobs;
       (5) permit and encourage individuals who earn an advanced 
     degree from one of our world-class universities to remain in 
     the United States, rather than using that education to work 
     for our international competitors;
       (6) fulfill and strengthen our Nation's commitments 
     regarding security along our borders and at our ports of 
     entry;
       (7) strengthen our Nation's historic humanitarian tradition 
     of welcoming asylum seekers and refugees and improve existing 
     policies that support immigrant victims of crime and domestic 
     violence;
       (8) create an effective electronic verification system and 
     strengthen enforcement to prevent employers from hiring 
     people here illegally;
       (9) implement a rational legal immigration system that 
     promotes job creation by converting the current flow of 
     illegal immigrants into the United States into a more 
     manageable, controlled, and legal process for admitting 
     immigrants while, at the same time, safeguarding the jobs, 
     rights, and wages of American workers; and
       (10) adopt practical and fair immigration reforms to help 
     ensure that all families are able to be together.
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