The staffer that you spoke with was lying. Flat out lying. We are now routinely lied to by our "representatives". In this particular case, 245i does only one thing: it DONATES United States citizenship to numerous more millions of illegal invaders into our land. It has NOTHING to do with people "who enterend legally" or who the "INS did not process in time". Thanks for letting us hear one of the lies that our "Representatives" are slinging. You might want to post this Congressman's name.
This is an important point to consider for those many people who "support legal immigration but oppose illegal immigration". These people do not realize just how slippery and dishonest our politicians (of both parties) are. Notice how the Affirmative Action folks, in response to court decisions, laws, and public opinion, relabeled "racial quotas" as something more innocuous: as "goals", "objectives", or "guidelines", or simply used other methods to achieve the same ends (such as "race norming", or getting rid of SAT and other standardized tests, or giving more weight to inflated school grades and other less objective criteria). In other words, the policy continues on, impervious to law, democracy, or public opinion.
So also with immigration. Do opinion polls show more people opposed to illegal immigration than to legal immigration? Fine. The open borders crowd will simply relabel the illegal immigrants as something else - undocumented migrants, guest workers, whatever - and legalize their presence in this country. You oppose illegal immigrants but "support" legal immigration? Hey presto! *poof* All of those "illegals" are now legal. Where's your support of "legal immigration" now? Once enough people wise up to these games, they will realize the futility of trying to be moderate and "reasonable" on the immigration issue; until then, they will be duped by salami tactics and deception of the most blatant kind.
You nailed it head on! While most people are concerned over the "legal" vs. "illegal" aspect of immigration the more pressing issue is that the ultimate goal of our leaders is to remove the middle class.