Folks,
Look carefully at the amendments coming out of the Senate. They are moving in the right direction. The GW program is capped at 200K. If that cap is 1) reduced a bit more in House-Senate conference and 2) requires a supermajority of 2/3 in both Senate and House to raise the number, then hell, this GW program is really small.
We're going to get some fencing from the Senate. That is clear at this point. And the House will add miles to it.
The hoops that will be created by Senate amendments to provide path to citizenship for the 11 million illegals are going to be severe. When the House - Senate conference starts, they will get more severe. Damn near none of these illegals will qualify. And frankly, those who fight the process long enough and hard enough and learn English and wait the 10 years and endure some severe punishment for their crimes . . . hell, anyone who does all that would probably make a fine American.
Don't give up yet. This process that is unfolding is moving decidedly to the right, and the House - Senate conference hasn't even started yet.
"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.