"THANK GOD FOR BUSH that this man ... will soon be legal."
Forgive me, but I didn't realize I was dealing with those who would both take my words literally as well as ascribe their own meaning to them. That having been said, let me ask you this. Do you really think I meant Bush would grant amnesty to wanted felons? If so, you're loony. The man was an ILLEGAL alien when he committed his crimes. So was Malvo. How many future criminals Bush’s hairbrained amnesty proposal will grant legal status to remains to be seen.
As for the amnesty issue. Yes, it is amnesty. Amnesty is defined as "A general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses."
Our immigration laws are federal laws, and violating them is an affront to the sovereignty of our nation, as well as the individual states. To forgive that offense by granting legal status to these criminals is an amnesty. Deny it all you want, but you can’t change that simple fact.