[AFreeBird]

..what were they promised in return?....an amnesty bill?

I was just going to post they same exact question.

This urgent rush to take care of a problem that's been festering for 20 years, when enforcement of existing laws would go a long long way towards doing just that, is most suspicious indeed.

[Guenevere]

Then I suspect we're right....nothing else quite makes sense

..gives a sick feeling to the pit of the stomach