New Immigration Bill Would Put Millions of Undocumented Immigrants on a Path to Citizenship

A bi-partisan House bill introduced today would offer temporary legal citizenship to millions of undocumented immigrants. The bill would give guest worker status to immigrants who have entered illegally before June of 2006. The guest workers would be allowed to stay six years in the United States as long as they work, pay back taxes and fines, learn English and pass criminal background checks. At the end of that time, they would be required to leave and re-enter the country to be eligible for permanent residency and U.S. citizenship. Ted Chen discusses the bill with co-sponsor Republican Congressman George Radanovich of the San Joaquin Valley, and Republican Congressman John Campbell of Orange County, who opposes the bill.