"Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Congress for failing to pass an immigration bill that would legalize millions of workers."
The McCain-Kennedy Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 was a permanent Amnesty for illegals.
Legalizing illegals IS AMNESTY whether it's temporary or permanent - even if you don't call it amnesty!
As you know, giving "amnesty" to illegals is often confused with giving citizenship to illegal immigrants.
Gov. Perry has often been falsely accused of being in favor of giving illegals citizenship.
He is in favor of giving guest-worker permits to make them legal to be here to work. I have no problem with that.
Spend the $$$ and efforts to get rid of the criminals.