There is no real urgency to grant amnesty now. Illegal immigrants have been freely entering this country since the late 1980s when amnesty was granted to millions of illegal immigrants. As a consequence we now have tens of millions of illegal immigrants, and more continuing to come into our country.
The urgent problem is our leaky borders that allow the invasion to continue. The urgency is for our lawmakers to enforce the laws on the books, and to secure our borders.
Then it makes sense to take whatever time is needed to develop a compassionate, meaningful way to citizenship for the illegal aliens already here.
The Dems want amnesty so they can make themselves the permanent major party sooner. Under the current immigration policies, they will become the permanent majority party anyway. Amnesty just hastens the process.
The Reps want a massive increase in guest workers as demanded by their corporate paymasters. They will concede almost anything to get it.
Religious, labor, and ethnic groups are supporting it for reasons of power, money, and increased constituencies even if it means destruction of the country.
The big losers are the American worker and the country, which will be flooded by cheap labor from the Third World.
Then it makes sense to take whatever time is needed to develop a compassionate, meaningful way to citizenship for the illegal aliens already here.
BS. There should be no citizenship for lawbreakers who flaunted our laws in multiple ways including working illegally, tax evasion, ID theft, misuse of SSNs, etc. When you reward something you get more of it. Attrition thru enforcement is the right approach for these lawbreakers. Save your compassion for the 4 million intending immigrants waiting their turn to enter overseas. They completed all the paperwork, background checks, physicals, etc.
FYI: 40% of the illegals who are in the country came here legally and overstayed their visas. Securing the border solves only part of the problem.