It is hardly a secret. If you know who the House Judiciary Committee and Immigration Subcommittee chairs are going to be, under the Republicans, you know that the focus is going to be on enforcement and border security, not amnesty. Dems will continued to introduce idiot legislation, but it will go no where.
We might be surprised who is buying into the “enforcement first” advocacy, and then realize what they might support after they declare that the borders are more secure. That’s just what McConnell and others are saying about the future of the Dream Act. I’ve read of quite a few recently, politicians and commentators, who say the DA amnesties might be possible in the future.
Few if any are talking about the conditions necessary to cause significant self-deportation, which is the only practical solution to dealing with those already illegally in the US. Well, other than another amnesty.
If a real, longer range enforcement and self-deportation strategy is not adopted and pursued, we might be right back in the same situation of constant amnesty bills in a few years. And, one of the worst things that could happen is the election of another amnesty pushing Republican president. The prospective candidates all seem to be mealy mouthing and dancing around these issues for now.
Being an illegal alien should be a felony. Charge them, adjudicate them, deport them, ban them for life from ever entering the USA again for any reason. Illegal re-entry should be a capital crime.