You purposely left out pay taxes. They will have to declare (prove) income for 5 years and pay taxes on it. As to learning to speak English did you add the word "promise" for some reason?
Frist backing the House bill with the RAT poison pill (felony) still in it would be stupid.
OBTW: Do you really believe that La RAZA, MEChA and the Democrats want even 1 Mexican Citizen sent home?
Oh really? What provision provides that? Moreover, what is the minimum income that must be reported for tax purposes? You can be damn sure that Jose and Maria will be claiming their three kids as dependents, little income, and applying for the Earned Income Tax Credit (welfare - refund of taxes not paid).
As to learning to speak English did you add the word "promise" for some reason?
Because there is no enforcement mechanism in the bill. Heck, "promise" is an overstatement. They don't really have to even "promise" to learn English.
Frist backing the House bill with the RAT poison pill (felony) still in it would be stupid.
Your opinion unsubstantiated by facts.
OBTW: Do you really believe that La RAZA, MEChA and the Democrats want even 1 Mexican Citizen sent home?
No. And that is exactly why the bill is de facto amnesty while pretending to be otherwise.
Read the bill, and understand it, before putting your foot in your mouth again with another personal attack based solely on your emotional opinions.
The Republican House leadership has already indicated a willingness to remove in conference committee the provision in H.R.4437 making illegal presence a felony. If that is Sen. Frist's only objection to H.R.4437, then he should say so and submit a bill in the Senate that is identical to H.R.4437, except that it provides for illegal presence to be a misdemeanor, rather than a felony. Sen. Frist, though, wants a bill to emerge from the United States Senate that provides legal status to millions of illegal aliens. H.R.4437 doesn't do that and, therefore, is not a bill that he has any interest in supporting.