the bill does not modernize america s work force. just the opposite. it s designed to keep our farming practices primitive and dependent upon low wage manual labor. the bill which remark by has a total of 24 republican co-sponsors, would give amnesty to illegal grint farm workers in the united states, pretty much all of them. even illegal aliens convicted of crime would be eligible for permanent residency and citizenship. beneficiaries would not have to pay any back taxes. they qualify even if they skipped court hearings or snuck back after being deported. don t you try something like that as a u.s. citizen. congress will have no mercy but for foreign nationals, no problem. how many foreign nationals would benefit from this act if it became law? no one knows. the pro-am necessarity group farm worker justice estimates that at least 1.2 million legal immigrants would be eligible but if history is any guide and it is the actual number would be