Are those would-be immigrants -- who respect our laws and have applied to enter the U.S. through proper legal channels, but are still languishing in other countries -- going to get legal status here sooner than the illegals? Are they going to be reimbursed for the difference in income they'd have had if they came illegally instead?
Amnesty would be merely a matter of excusing the criminals from punishment, but this bill goes far beyond that to actually reward them for their criminal behavior, at the expense of both law-abiding Americans and law-abiding people who want to become Americans.
There are some very nice bloggers who believe in enforcement only; they help their cause by being vigorous but honorable in the pursuit of what they want. Fausta’s a good one. http://faustasblog.com/
Had Fausta been running the charge, we would have had a different result, but in the end, we got the mess that we have now.