If they came here illegally..
or came with a visa and the visa ran out but they are still here...
Then they are illegal aliens...
Not immigrants ...
This has nothing to do with immigration...
and everything to do with breaking our sovereign laws..
If they are illegal aliens
and if the US government decides to forgive their crimes of coming here illegally,
and staying here illegally...
THAT IS AMNESTY
Thank you for the definition. Seriously, I mean it.
So, let me ask a question... If you break the law, you are fined for breaking the law (which is the usual penalty for illegally entering the US), and you pay the fine, can you now start again to enter the US legally?
Because ultimately that was what the 2006 reform was about. You pay a fine, then you get back in line and start the legal process to immigrate here. Read the actual text of the legislation, not the hyperbole ranted about here.
You pay your fine (which is what the US code calls for now), then you start the process legally.
Would that be appropriate now?