A bipartisan plan for immigration reform

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A bipartisan plan for immigration reform

A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform this week, setting out a road map for 11 million illegal immigrants to begin a long journey to full citizenship. The plan by the eight senators, who included Republicans John McCain and Marco Rubio and Democrats Chuck Schumer and Robert Menendez, would give undocumented immigrants provisional legal status if they registered with the government, paid a fine, settled their back taxes, and proved they could speak English. They could then join the line for permanent residence, or a “green card,” and thereafter apply for full citizenship. In a provision insisted on by Republicans, permanent-resident status would be available only after the government deployed more border agents and unmanned drones and a special commission deemed the southern U.S. border “fully secured.”
A bipartisan plan for immigration reform - The Week

What happens to those who do not come forward?
They will not be given “green cards” until they names come up in the front of the line? What kind of residency will they be given? Temporary work permits until penalties are met?
What happens to those they never meet the penalties. The remain Illegal Aliens?

Republicans are between a rock and a hard place it they think going along with path to citizenship will win the more votes because the will alienate some die hard anti-amnesty constituents and lose their votes.