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...probably select your rhetorical weapons. Are we dealing with “undocumented immigrants” or “illegal aliens”? Does the McCain-Kennedy bill recently approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee allow for “earned citizenship” or “amnesty??? Is the issue one of “fairness” or one of “law and order?...
...motivated by nothing but respect for the law, then state their opposition to “amnesty.” Illegal immigrants have broken the law, they argue, and should face the consequences—deportation or, at least, criminalization to induce them to leave. “Amnesty?? is deemed unfair to the millions who wait patiently to enter the country legally. If illegal immigrants are granted “amnesty,” House Republicans maintain, we encourage law breaking, with chaos as the predictable result...
...amnesty?? is undeniably polemical. It is traditionally granted to criminals—who should be punished but are exculpated for pragmatic reasons, particularly in times...