"End of line" could be the date signed into law - every person who has applied for U.S. citizenship prior to that needs to be processed before anyone here illegally is. I have no problem with all other requirements for those legal applicants being imposed on illegals, sponsorship included. And, thank you for your honest answer re: Vietnam draft dodgers - I hold them in contempt as well BUT that doesn't mean it wasn't a good idea to grant amnesty decades later.
Republicans in Congress are just asking for a wake up call in 2006.