[traditional1]

""have to leave the country" and re-apply to come back in legally and get on a path toward citizenship"

There's no doubt in my mind that "leave the country" means reporting to the nearest Mexican Embassy, and going back out the door to return to the U.S.

Someone posted a while back that we could pay a $1000 bounty on each illegal turned in, and STILL come out money ahead by paying the cost of transportation for them back to the border, compared to the cost to taxpayers now of providing free medical, free education, and free services intended for citizens only...

[VOA]

There's no doubt in my mind that "leave the country" means reporting to
the nearest Mexican Embassy, and going back out the door to return to the U.S.

Because the Mexican Embassy is effectively "Mexico", right?

Gad, I hadn't even thought of that.

I am beginning to think that Bill Clinton must be proud of all the
weasels putting forth their various amnesty proposals.
No, wait...he's jealous he didn't dream up the fun and games of
trying to dupe the legal residents of the USA with all sorts of
twisted verbiage.