Jamo,
If we had actually been enforcing the existing laws as written then we would not be in the situation we are in now. And no - deporting all 12 million would be very difficult to do, but there are also ways to work around that without automatically giving citizenship. The voluntary departure bit in the bill is a start.
And yes, I have read the entire legislation. Would you like me to tell you where you can find it?
How long do you think it is going to take to do background checks on 12M people? And what do they do in the meantime? And how much processing resources are being taken away from people in other countries who are trying to immigrate the legal way? The bill, as written, has holes big enouigh to drive a truck full of potential citizens through. Section 6 is especially galling.
If the person has to show work papers in order to get the 'amnesty', and pay the fines associated with his entry, does the employer also have to pay fines? I have seen nothing in the bill regarding that.
Steve