A limited amnesty is like being a little bit pregnant. Rule #1 should be the Rule of Law and the enforcement of our existing immigration laws.
Instead, we have a sorry tract record of immigration advocates like Grahamnesty, Chuckie and McCain opposing the exclusion of the most undesirable of the lot even in return for amnesty.
Not so. They have been playing the game of saying that we should deport the 2 million or so criminal illegal aliens and allow the "good behavior" illegals to stay and pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line on an earned path to citizenship. They should all go regardless of whether they are "criminals or not." They all broke the law, which says that anyone entering this country illegally should be deported.
Kyl was part of the McCain cabal that tried to force McCain-Kennedy thru bypassing the committee process and limitiing amendments.
In principle, I agree with you. In practice, I don't see how it is politically possible. An amnesty visa for each more desirable (or even least undesirable) illegal alien in return for permanent deportation of the most undesirable illegal aliens is, at least, a partially desirable outcome.
As you say the "advocates" have been playing the game of saying that we should deport the 2 million or so criminal illegal aliens and allow the "good behavior" illegals to stay under certain conditions. You and I both know that a game is all it is. When push comes to shove, nobody gets deported and everybody stays. The vote which I reproduced on the Cornyn amendment makes that crystal clear.