Andrea Mitchell, leftist apparatchik. Immigrants come here legally, illegal aliens sneak in.
Here is how the language has evolved on this issue:
Wetbacks
illegal aliens/immigrants
undocumented immigrants
immigrants
And we had Harry Reid's non-slip of the tongue: "Undocumented Americans."
I expect another uprising from the citizens, who oppose this by 70% - 80%. But only a very few members of Congress were defeated because of this in 2006 and 2008, so the protests might ignored this time.