Fat chance. If amnesty passes and the status of the 12 to 20 million illegals is legalized followed over the next 20 years by at least 66 to 100 million LEGAL immigrants who will enter thru chain migration, i.e., family reunification, this country will be in turmoil and well on its way to becoming a third world country. The bottom line is that the problem won't go away by 2012, it will be infinitely worse.
One of the lucky things we’ve had going for us was the fact that illegal alien crimingrants were breaking the law. When they are no longer breaking the law opposition will be refered to as xenophobia. It will be deemed racist to speak out against them. And I wouldn’t even be surprised to see the government enter the fray to shut folks up. I do agree with your assessment of the damage that will be done, but I also think we will soon find that it will be impossible to legally and openly object to what the government has done to us.