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At the same time, it is both unproductive and untrue to tag as "amnesty" any proposal that would put the undocumented on a path to earned citizenship, since the bill we're debating would penalize those who broke our laws with steep fines and require them to start their quest for citizenship at the back of the line.

It is amnesty because the illegal aliens 1) get to stay in this country 2) get access to all sorts of taxpayer-funded services 3) get on a path to citizenship. In order for any plan to not be amnesty, the illegal aliens caught here would immediately be on a list that would never be allowed citizenship. That should be the penalty for breaking our laws. (Plus be deported back from whence they came.)

I completely agree. My concern is that many will think that in defeating cloture in the Senate that the issue is settled. Far from it. We’ve won a battle but not the war. It’s very important to keep the pressure on the politicians and insist that they ENFORCE THE LAWS that exist right now.