So you are saying the path to legal citizenship that has been in place since before Ellis Island is Amnesty...got it.
That was clear as mud.
No, that path is followed by people that are not in this country yet. They lived in another county and applied for citizenship, and then when all the paper work and everything is done they got to come to the USA.
This new path to citizenship that some candidates talk about pertains to illegals that are already here and haven't even filled out any of the paper work yet.
am·nes·ty
noun, plural -ties, verb, -tied, -ty·ing. noun
1. a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
2. Law . an act of forgiveness for past offenses, especially to a class of persons as a whole.
3. a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense. verb (used with object)
4. to grant amnesty to; pardon.
If they are allowed to stay without any repercussions, fines, etc, then it will be AMNESTY.