Okay, I concede. It was a misunderstanding on my part. All I would point out is that amnesty is often confused with offering legal citizenship as part of the amnesty, and that the distinction is sometimes forgotten, as I did.
That said, if the “amnesty” only involved sending them home and having those who wished to do so return with green cards (issued under our control in the number we specified), and treating those who remained here illegally as illegal aliens, why on earth would you object to that? It would essentially solve the problem, assuming we then tightened up the borders, unless you think that we don’t need any migrant help at all...which is another issue, I’ll readily admit.
I believe that if we did away with welfare, unemployment, etc there would be no shortage of native workers. Currently, we pay people more to sit at home than to work. Remember the adage: If you want more of something subsidize it...
I pretty much agree with your last paragraph as long as they gotta go home first, not receive it here.