Granting amnesty would be unfair because it would allow those who break the law to jump ahead of people who play by the rules and wait in the citizenship line. Amnesty would also encourage future waves of illegal immigration, increase pressure on the border, and make it more difficult for law enforcement to focus on those who mean us harm. For the sake of justice and the sake of border security, the President firmly opposes amnesty.
A lip-moving political nothingism.
He completely GUTS these assertions when with the very next breath... he rejects putting up a proper, effective border fence [which he could do now on his own authority without waiting for Congress], ("sending the wrong signal"), and then he talks about giving them the privileged position of "GUEST WORKER" and "REFORMING" immigration laws...laws which aren't broken.
Enforcement IS the only thing broken. With Executive Branch negligence and outright complicity.