The proponents of amnesty are wont to create the false choice between a blanket amnesty and mass deportation of 12 to 20 million illegal aliens. In reality, we have other choices and alternatives that don’t reward people who have broken our laws with the right to stay and work here and an eventual path to citizenship. The 12 to 20 million illegal aliens did not enter this country overnight and they will not leave overnight. Attrition through enforcement works. We have empirical data from Georgia, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Arizona proving that it does.
That I agree with, that proponents will create a false choice. I also think on the other side, there is an element of "deport them all now" folks who fail to recognize the logistical impossibilty of that, not to mention the fact that once this started happening - which it won't - people now in favor of deport would recoil when they realized how many members of their church, little league, PTA, etc, are impacted. My only point is that many who jump in with Laura on this, do not actually agree with Laura on much of this.