1.   But the change is a first step toward legalizing the status of perhaps half a million people, with all the security and benefits that provides.

2.   Even so, such a program, if adopted by Congress, would be one of the largest attempts to legalize the status of illegal residents in U.S. history.

3.   It would let some unlawful Mexicans living in the United States legalize their status and also permit future migrants to earn legal residency.

4.   This is one reason labor unions have reversed their past opposition to legalizing the status of undocumented workers.

5.   Pangalos and Milo signed an agreement on legalizing the status of Albanian immigrants in Greece and setting out conditions for Albanian workers to perform seasonal labor in Greece.

6.   But it cannot do much and should better legalize the status of such people sooner, a senior security official argued Wednesday.

7.   Fox believes those Mexicans in the United States are entitled to legalized status.

8.   For the government to legalize their status, they must produce their old documents, many of which are buried in the desert, he said.

9.   Fox believes these Mexicans in the United STates are entitled to legalized status.

10.   He believes these compatriots are entitled to legalized status.