Doesn't current law require the deportation of anyone found to be in the United States illegally? So, the Senate killed a proposal that simply restated (actually, in more lenient terms) the current law.
Oh, well. That's a shame.
“Doesn’t current law require the deportation of anyone found to be in the United States illegally?”
Yeah but it’s not enforced. In any event, this would do away with that requirement altogether.
You know, the current law, had it been enforced, is theoretically just fine. It’s the lack of enforcement that has led to the coming amnesty. And let’s face it, the Senate today, as you point out, won’t stand behind the law as it exists TODAY! Amazing.