Jeff Sessions believes that you can shut down sections of DHS and not an all or nothing approach. You can stop Obama's amnesty that way. Those engaged in law enforcement and national security will not be affected.
It will take a massive bureaucratic effort to process five million illegals. It will take years. ICE had to redirect normal efforts to process the 580,000 DACA Dreamers over two years. We are talking about an administrative effort ten times, at least, greater than DACA.
IMO what we are seeing is collusion between the GOPe and Obama to get amnesty. Obama will play the bad cop who foists this upon the country. Boehner will be in high dudgeon pretending to be the defender of the Constitution and the Rule of Law. Behind the scenes Boehner, McConnell, and the Dems will be working on a plan to pass amnesty. They will cloak it in the defense of the Constitution and the need to go thru the legislative process. Obama has already said what is passed in Congress will supersede his executive order. Of course, he conditions that by saying that it must be something he can sign.
The GOPe wants amnesty. They only take issue with the process.
I think you are exactly right cousin Mike.
I thought it was just me.
In the end, there are more than enough lamp posts in this country to go around...