Not desperation. Diversion.
He opened a can of worms by mentioning the Kyl/Cornyn bill and he's trying to turn the discussion away from that topic and the only way he knows to do that is to go non-sequitor.
It looks like we'll be waiting a long time for Dane to tell us when all these illegals he wants to give guest worker/amnesty status to will be going home, or better yet who's going to make them?