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I see amnesty as possible if this time around it can successfully address the issue of illegal immigration. The mistake with the 1986 Reagan amnesty legislation is that it failed to stem the flow of illegals at the border. But if we support a new American Birthright Amendment, that establishing an Art. II, §1, cl. 4 natural born Citizen as a person born of two US parents, as the ONLY means of acquiring US Citizenship at birth, and treat all those covered under this amnesty plan as permanent residents, meaning: they can only vote once they become naturalized US citizens, five year hence...there might be a way.
ex animo
davidfarrar
Of all the misguided, corrupt and deranged ideas floating around inside the D.C. bubble, perhaps the single worst one is giving illegal aliens amnesty as part of some sort of attempt to capture the Hispanic vote. If the GOP were to pursue a policy that primarily benefits corrupt business owners, the government of Mexico, and Democrats at the expense of our country and our own base, we'd truly deserve the "Stupid Party" moniker that has so often been hung around our neck. This policy wouldn't be a calculated risk or even a longshot; it would be a game of Russian Roulette...
There's no way a Constitutional amendment changing natural birthright has a snowball's chance of being enacted.
However, there are other more practical measures that could be put into place to bring the problem of continued illegal immigration under control while still addressing the issue of the ~20 mil illegals already here and being humane and not gratuitously draconian.
A system of renewable temp. work permits/visas coupled with fines for violations for both workers and employers. A streamlined process for employer sponsorship of guest workers. And others...