I suspect that by now, after all of these years, I must sound like a broken record to some people and to the politicians. But here again is Jon Feere's compilation of the Federal laws. Note that even these are NOT the complete compilation. I have other pages that do not appear in Jon's work. He is revising. Further he has told me that he actually left out some laws deliberately that pertain to work so as to focus more on what he wanted to bring to the forefront.
http://cis.org/myth-law-abiding-illegal-alien
I haven't as yet actually figured John Boehner out. I read, and hear, conflicting positions and due to my almost total distrust of the media, I remain very open minded until I see some concrete evidence about his true positions on illegal immigration.
In my opinion neither the Democrats nor Republicans actually, really, want to enforce the existing Federal Customs and Immigration laws. There are many excuses and reasons. Some of which are:
* Lack of adequate resources, funds, manpower to enforce the laws.
* Incredible lack of understanding of the existing laws.
* Democrats are too liberal.
* Republican's are composed of a diversity of opinions ranging all across the spectrum.
* Typically politicians shady, evasive, circumspective demeanor, playing to the voters.
* Influence from churches and religious leaders.
* The pell mell rush on our borders and the surreptitious invasion by foreigners is so massive that it has overwhelmed the law, the courts.
* Massive numbers of capitalistic entrepreneurs and company's lust after the cheap labor.
* Huge numbers of citizens do not want the laws enforced.
* Significant numbers of Mayor's do not want the laws enforced for political reasons.
* Both political parties have essentially created a log jam, a standoff, immobilized the effective enforcement.
* There hasn't been a President since Dwight D. Eisenhower that really wants complete enforcement.
* Many police do not want to enforce immigration laws.
The list goes on. I have much more.
In reality no-one in Federal office presently actually wants to enforce the existing laws as written. There isn't even a serious effort for the most part.
So amnesty has some duplicitous, nondescript meaning rather devious and evasive. Every effort presently, every proposal, in one degree or another, in reality, is a weakening of existing laws already on the books. A compromise of varying intensity from one politician to another.
There is not existing now any known politician that wants to not only enforce what is already available but to actually intensify and harden up the laws.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio comes closest to being a true, honest, dedicated law enforcement officer who truly wants the laws enforced. His efforts are being obstructed and undermined by the current Attorney General.
There are lots of good citizens too that want the laws enforced but in every instance they are outnumbered and overwhelmed by their opposition. Nobody knows that better than SOS from their years of experience on and in the streets.
If I had to pick one overriding reason for all of the above trouble I would say it's all about money. *( In a different context from the preceding post ).