But last month,two senators, presented a plan that calls for illegal immigrants to pay back taxes and perform community service in order to gain legal status.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

That's a horrible thing to say, that the author has no legal status."

作者如果没有法律地位是很恐怖的“

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But so Roman legal system was really geared toward the wealthy and the people of high status.

所以罗马的法律体系,是偏袒社会地位高的有钱人的。

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"What we are saying is that we are enforcing that law,that under our amendment, any Guantanamo Bay detainee that is ordered released cannot be released within the United States because they have no legal status to be released.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

"I'm coming in contact now with a lot of young immigrants and I find a lot of hope in their desire to continue to advocate for improvements and to not hide their issues or their concerns, but to participate in the society in a democratic way, whatever their legal status."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22