“Green cards and Social Security numbers and you don’t think it is asylum?”
I meant to say it is not amnesty (rather than asylum... got my mords wixxed up). Some might consider it amnesty, but to me the critical factor is whether citizenship is being offered. A path to citizenship is not the same as citizenship. It means there are stipulations like clean criminal backgrounds and work history, maybe military service.
Green cards and Social Security numbers mean they can legally work and pay taxes, but not vote.
Also means they can have social benefits like welfare as soon as they pay one nickel in taxes.
Trump just offered three years of work permits and social security numbers. He did not promise amnesty and that is still a chip for later negotiations.