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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn’t McCain try in 2005, and the Republicans scuttle that effort as well?[/quote]
I think that was a bipartisan effort with Kennedy? Interesting tidbits about this:

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/jan/15/fact-sheet-immigration/

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 HIGHLIGHTS OF McCAIN'S 2006 BILL

(Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act)

The bill was incorporated into another measure that passed the Senate but then stalled.

Hillary Clinton: Supports a path to citizenship similar to the McCain-Kennedy proposal and voted in 2006 for a bill that incorporated major aspects of the plan.[b] Would toughen penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants. Voted for the Mexican border fence.
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Barack Obama: Supports a path to citizenship similar to McCain-Kennedy and voted for the 2006 bill incorporating major aspects of the plan. [b]Voted for the Mexican border fence. Would toughen penalties on firms that hire illegal immigrants. [/b]Calls for promoting economic development with Mexico as a way to decrease illegal immigration

Rudy Giuliani: Would finish the border fence and maintain a border patrol of 20,000 agents. Supports McCain's path to citizenship. Would create an ID card and national database of noncitizens. Also would track aliens who overstay visas and implement a "check out" system. Would deport all illegal aliens who commit a felony and require all immigrants who seek permanent status to learn English. [b]As mayor of New York City, he opposed a welfare law that allowed city employees to turn in illegal immigrants seeking services like police protection, hospital care and public education. He also denounced a federal law that cut off Social Security benefits, food stamps and health benefits to legal immigrants who were not citizens. [/b]
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