The Telegraph/UK
by Rowena Mason
March 22, 2013

The deputy Prime Minister said it risked "undermining public confidence" to let illegal immigrants stay if they have been in the country for more than 10 years.

In his first major speech on immigration, he abandoned the controversial proposal, which was championed by the Liberal Democrats at the last election.

Mr Clegg previously supported the idea of "earned citizenship" for illegal immigrants. His 2010 general election manifesto stated the Liberal Democrats would allow an amnesty for those who had been in the country a decade, speak English and have a clean record.

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