Absolutely.
I was not attempting to minimize the millions who have come here and followed the law.
The facts are, that the penalty for not doing so is a three year prohibition against filing for a green card.
Logically speaking, the penalty is being applied with the three year work permit.
We are not giving away the store entirely by doing this and it makes a great deal of sense since the other options are just politically and logistically very difficult, if not impossible.
The largest effect will come from the identification of the employers who are evading taxes and probably mistreating these folks.
One needs to include this as a huge economic benefit for the country and tax enforcement.
Secondly, many of these folks will not qualify for various reasons and there will now be much more political and legal cover for a lot of deportations.