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Then count yourself as among the fooled. Legalizing the status of the vast number of illegals and allowing them to stay and work here and then sponsor tens of millions more of legal immigrants thru chain migration, i.e., family reunification will destroy this country with the stroke of a pen. And what does that say about the Rule of Law and the message it sends to the almost 3 million intending immigrants residing abroad who have completed all of the paperwork and are waiting their turn to enter.

The 1986 Immigration Act was an amnesty and so were the Hagel-MartineZ and McCain-Kennedy bills. BLACK’S LAW DICTIONARY 93 (8th ed. 2004) (defining the term “amnesty” using IRCA as the quintessential example).

A rose is a rose is a rose. No matter how you might define what is or is not amnesty, the results don't change. We legalize the status of 10s of millions and allow them to bring in tens of millions more resulting in the destruction of this country.

. Conferring rights and privileges upon illegal aliens has a corrosive effect on the Rule of Law, the very foundation of our Republic. It is also a slap in the face to legal immigrants who have followed the rules and obeyed the laws. There are millions of immigrants waiting their turn overseas to enter the U.S. legally and approximately 40 million immigrants living in the U.S., most of whom followed the law.

I see this as having to WORK to achieve citizenship. I see that as a pragmatic solution to the mess.

Citizenship is a privilege, not a right. We don't allow people who have violated and flaunted our laws to become citizens. The process of becoming a US citizen starts in their home countries. We bring in 1.2 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS annually. We don't need 12 to 20 million illegal aliens to get preferred treatment by virtue of their illegal entry, working illegally, identity theft, failure to pay taxes, etc.