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Mine is this:

Any legislation that suspends, lessens, cancels or forgives any legal consequences for a person or persons that have committed an illegal act... is by definition... amnesty. I call a path to citizenship for entering our country illegally and breaking any number of laws while working and living here in America... well... I define that as treason.

LLS

So what is your definition of amnesty?

I think the most common meaning is a NEW-DIRECT- SPECIAL-FOR-ILLEGALS "pathway to citizenship." As I posted above, unless you specifically exclude citizenship in the text of a law, simply giving to right to stay and work without mentioning citizenship may not be sufficient. That sort of "reform," although not defined as "amnesty," may produce the same result eventually. See Goodlatte's last sentence above.

In fact, even if you explicitly prohibit citizenship in the text of a new immigration law, there are rogue judges/EOs/corrupt bureaucrats/future congresses to worry about.

22 posted on 07/15/2013 4:27:41 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Fool me once, shame on you -- twice, shame on me -- 100 times, it's U. S. immigration policy.)