The historic bill that would give illegal immigrants immediate legal status in the United States is being met with some resistance from local lawmakers and immigrants themselves.

Many immigrants on Long Island live in fear they will be sent back to their native countries. However, a compromise reached on President Bush's immigration plan didn't exactly quell their fears.

The bill would affect at least 12 million undocumented workers. Under the proposal, only those who arrived in the U.S. before January of this year could apply for the special ?Z visa.? Those granted the visa would have to pay a fine of $5,000, but the head of the household would have to return to their home country first.

Some of the guidelines concern immigrants, including Griselda Zecena, who lives in Glen Cove. ?I?m in fear of giving up the money and not being able to return,? Zecena said. ?Because I think it?s just a way to get rid of us.?

Meanwhile, Congressman Peter King said he is against the bill and said the immigration situation is out of control.

?We are allowing people to stay here legally, who came here illegally. And they have to pay a $5,000 fine and can stay here as long as they have to until they become citizens,? King said. ?In the meantime, they go to the schools, they have all of the health care and they live as any American would be living.?

Congress could vote on the plan by next week.