"The hoops that will be created by Senate amendments to provide path to citizenship for the 11 million illegals are going to be severe."
They are practically meaningless now, and they even turned back a Vitter amendment to cut it down. Your optimism is not justified by events thus far.
"Damn near none of these illegals will qualify. "
So far, even the Hagel-Martinez 'compromise' got everybody in the amnesty. And with document fraud, even illegal aliens yet to cross will 'qualify'! (Its what happened in 1986).
Also, the fencing is not relevent, really, without serious attempts at interior immigration law enforcement.
What's relevent is the will to enforce immigration laws via deportation.
If the Senate passes the CLEAR Act, and puts teeth into employer verification, I might bite. ... but I'm skeptical, still.