all very valid points, mt.
granting them amnesty is going to have to come with a way to citizenship, and hopefully that increases the tax base. we're working with finite resources, and these new "americans" need to pay into the system.
this is not the way i would have preferred things happen, but we need to make this work. i still think there ought to be some kind of modern ellis island for everyone to pass through. we need to establish who's here, and that includes them using their actual, real names.