From the article:
"McCain and Kennedy deny that their proposal is amnesty, saying illegal immigrants would have to pay $2,000 in fines and any back taxes and clear background checks before they could get in line for a green card."
Has anyone wondered exactly who will administer this nightmare of a program? You can bet that it will reuire a new, huge, multi-billion dollar bureaucracy---and they say it would cost too much to round them all up and send them home?
Usually it's democrats who conceal their true intentions, by using code words. You know, "pro-choice" instead of "pro-abortion". McCain playing word games, his "earned citizenship" instead of "amnesty", makes a mockery of his claim to be a "straight talker". On top of him cozying up to Rev Falwell, I think he's fully exposed himself as the self-serving snake he's always been.
Using the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a model, an estimated twelve million illegals would require a bureaucracy of at least like size. Plus, the Bureau of Illegal Aliens would also have the opportunity to "lose" or "misplace" over $24 billion (12 million illegals times the $2000 "fine").
What a deal!!!
At bottom, the most fundamental responsibility of the federal government is to maintain the integrity of our borders. And the United States Senate decisively proves that they are utter failures, even at that most basic constitutional responsibility.