Once converted, the Bnei Menashe can apply for immigration to Israel under the Law of Return, without needing authorisation from the country's Interior Ministry.

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Just to clarify, 287(g) is the statute that we're talking about here that would allow the local police in Waukegan to apply for authority to enforce federal immigration law, just to clarify.

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But the debate on immigration has motivated many to apply for citizenship and many others to register to vote.

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Once they are allowed to apply they would do so behind everyone else already in line for a green card within the current immigration system.

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Mr. MARK KRIKORIAN (Center for Immigration Studies): The attorneys have gotten very good at crafting ads that apply to no one but the person their client wants to hire and then place them in papers that almost no one will ever see anyway.

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