with no serial immigration for the “rest of their family’
there has also been mention of a penalty or back taxes
Yeah, right. The MSM and the Dems would be all over this along with the courts. The issue would be the separation of families. How can you prevent the mother, children, and an aged parents from joining their newly legalized spouse. This is the same logic that believes that you can legalize them without a path to citizenship, i.e., create a second class of permanent residents. The courts would dismantle that in a minute while the Dems would make it a huge issue.