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The president said during the campaign that not passing immigration reform was his greatest failure in his first term. At his press conference on Wednesday, he said he was "confident" it will pass this term and laid out his plan for how the bill would deal with the illegal immigrants who already live in the country. "It's important for them to pay back taxes, it's important for them to learn English, it's important for them to potentially pay a fine, but to give them the avenue whereby they can resolve their legal status here in this country, I think is very important,Miu Miu Bags," he said.
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