Touchback

A touchback is when the ball is downed in the end zone. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A touchback is when the other team punts or kicks it into your endzone and you choose to take the ball on the twenty yard line rather than attempt a return. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A touchback is when you down the ball inside your own endzone when you are a returner or defender. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It's got this so-called touchback which is really just -- there's sort of a sham little way of going it, but it rewards those who are illegally here and says that America is no longer going to enforce its immigration policies with the fact that we're not going to allow people to have citizenship. ❋ Unknown (2007)

DOBBS: You have what's called a touchback provision. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Step two, sometime within eight years, heads of households would have to go back to their home country, something called the touchback provision. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There's huge financial penalties, compared to the incomes of most of these folks, and then they have the so-called touchback provision, which means that they've got to go back to the country that they came from in order to apply. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They would then, at some point, have to leave the United States, what's known as a touchback program, return to their country of origin, to reapply for a visa. ❋ Unknown (2007)

* The Colts a strong drive to open the second half and get it after the touchback, which is a good thing considering two returns had already failed to reach the 20. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It included high fines, a pointless, punitive "touchback" requirement and new restrictions on family unification, among other problematic provisions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Flake added that he was "troubled by the weakened legalization requirements in the Gutierrez bill," which does not include the tougher penalties for illegal immigrants applying to become legal that some previous legislation did, such as larger fines and the "touchback" requirement that undocumented workers go back to their home countries and then return. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The White House's proposal would prevent workers from bringing their families, give them no path to residency or citizenship, and include a "touchback" rule requiring them to spend one year back home for every two in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Some illegal immigrants know this, that if this bill passes, some people who are here illegally will have to "touchback" or return to their home countries in order to come back with legal status. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Step two, sometime within eight years, heads of households would have to go back to their home country, something called the "touchback" provision. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I don’t know if that’s ever called a touchback, my experience with street basketball being fairly limited, but it would make a bit of sense. ❋ Unknown (2007)

One interesting twist is that he endorsed the bogus 'touchback' gimmick that was floated during the last round of the amnesty debate, wherein illegal aliens would go home to apply for amnesty, have lunch, then come back legally, thus 'rebooting' their status. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As flat as Denver looked in the first quarter, they have the lead and momentum in the second as they kick it to Pittsburgh, who will have it on the 20 after a touchback. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Ravens 3 Patriots 10, 10:35 2nd quarter Another touchback for Gostkowski. ❋ Unknown (2012)