Well, you said "Kerry DOES advocate immediate citizenship for any illegal alien that has been here for 5 years."
The link you supplied says "most illegal immigrants who have been in the United States for at least five years," and specifiying that they hd to have paid their taxes.
I also don't see where he'd give them "immediate citizenship." Your link says:
"Mr. Kerry, speaking to the National Council of La Raza's national conference, said that within 100 days of taking office, he would propose a four-part plan that would give a citizenship path to illegal immigrants who have paid taxes while living here and who pass a security screening."
"Citizenship path" doesn't sound like "immediate citizenship."
In his "not an Amnesty" announcement of this past January 7th, President Bush also spoke of putting legalized Illegals on a "path of citizenship:
"The citizenship line, however, is too long, and our current limits on legal immigration are too low. My administration will work with the Congress to increase the annual number of green cards that can lead to citizenship. Those willing to take the difficult path of citizenship -- the path of work, and patience, and assimilation -- should be welcome in America, like generations of immigrants before them."
Now, while I'll certainly concede that Kerry's Amnesty would be worse than the one proposed by President Bush, the differences are of degree, not in kind.
