The usual penalty for illegal entry or violating terms of a visa is removal from the United States..anything less is amnesty, if they don't go to jail but are just removed, I guess one could also call that partial amnesty...but being allowed to work and stay here is a reward and is more than being forgiven, it is more than amnesty. Rob a bank and keep the loot ? What do you call that?
I agree and say that the senate bill is "amnesty plus." Mere amnesty would be saying "cease and desist, but we won't penalize you for your past violations of law" (unlike, for example, the UAE, which IIRC levied a fine on people in the UAE illegally - equal to something like $30/day for each day they had been present). "Amnesty plus" says "continue on as you have, and we won't penalize you for past violations of law.'
The usualonly legally prescribed penalty for illegal entry or violating terms of a visa is removal from the United States..
After enough time, we call it the Statute of Limitations.