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Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers and there are 11 million people living in the shadows. Neither is good for the economy or the country.</p> <div class="quote-pull-out" style="color:#333"> <p>Together we can build a fair, effective and common sense immigration system that lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.</p> </div> <p>The President’s plan builds a smart, effective immigration system that continues efforts to secure our borders and cracks down on employers who hire undocumented immigrants. It’s a plan that requires anyone who’s undocumented to get right with the law by paying their taxes and a penalty, learning English, and undergoing background checks before they can be eligible to earn citizenship. It requires every business and every worker to play by the same set of rules. </p> <a href="/web/20140923034145/http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/inmigracion" alt="Vea esta sección en Español."><p>Vea esta sección en Español.</p></a> <h3> There are four principles to the President’s common sense proposal:</h3> <hr/> <div class="issue-2col-tout"> <div class="issue-feature-container clearfix"> <div class="issue-feature-left"> <a href="/web/20140923034145/http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/border-security" alt="More information about border security"><img alt="President Obama giving a speech" src="/web/20140923034145im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/immigration/potus_securing_borders_316x159.jpg"/></a> <h3 class="issue-feature-subhead"> <a href="/web/20140923034145/http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/border-security" alt="More information about border security">Continuing to<br/> Strengthen Border Security</a></h3> <p class="joining-feature-caption">The President’s proposal gives law enforcement the tools they need to make our communities safer from crime, enhances our infrastructure and technology, and strengthens our ability to remove criminals and apprehend and prosecute threats to our national security.</p> </div> <div class="issue-feature-right"> <a href="/web/20140923034145/http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/streamlining-immigration" alt="More information about streamlining legal immigration"><img alt="nationalization ceremony" src="/web/20140923034145im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/immigration/potus_streamlining_legal_immigration_316x159.jpg"/></a> <h3 class="issue-feature-subhead"> <a href="/web/20140923034145/http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/streamlining-immigration" alt="More information about streamlining legal immigration">Streamlining legal immigration</a></h3> <p class="joining-feature-caption">Legal immigration should be simple and efficient. The President’s proposal provides visas to foreign entrepreneurs looking to start businesses here, helps the most promising foreign graduate students in science and math stay in this country after graduation, and reunites families in a timely and humane manner.</p> </div> <div class="issue-feature-left"> <a href="/web/20140923034145/http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/earned-citizenship" alt="More information about the path to earned citizenship"><img alt="Rose Garden POTUS address" src="/web/20140923034145im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/immigration/potus_influencing_the_economy_316x159.jpg"/></a> <h3 class="issue-feature-subhead"> <a href="/web/20140923034145/http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/earned-citizenship" alt="More information about the path to earned citizenship">Earned Citizenship</a></h3> <p class="joining-feature-caption">The President’s proposal provides undocumented immigrants with a legal way to earn citizenship so they can come out of the shadows. It holds them accountable by requiring they pass background checks, pay taxes and a penalty, go to the back of the line, and learn English. It requires everyone to play by the same rules.</p> </div> <div class="issue-feature-right"> <a href="/web/20140923034145/http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/strengthening-enforcement" alt="More information about strengthening enforcement of hiring laws"><img alt="nationalization ceremony" src="/web/20140923034145im_/http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/immigration/potus_rose_garden_speech_316x159.jpg"/></a> <h3 class="issue-feature-subhead"> <a href="/web/20140923034145/http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration/strengthening-enforcement" alt="More information about strengthening enforcement of hiring laws">Cracking Down on Employers<br/> Hiring Undocumented Workers</a></h3> <p class="joining-feature-caption">The President’s proposal is designed to stop businesses from exploiting the system by knowingly hiring undocumented workers. 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