for every year's delay, we get:
11 million illegal alien man years
divided by 75 years +/- life expectancy
that's 150,000 illegal aliens who in their lifetime in the US were not legally able to suck at the govt's teat
You're right, the status quo has its benefits
Amnesty will also trigger massive family chain visas. No wonder Ted Kennedy worked to get that into immigration law, nothing like importing huge numbers of instant democrats.