It’s the same crap we successfully fought off under the last administration with a few minor changes. They’ll have to understand English, not have a criminal record, and actually pay taxes. In other words, they’d have to do the same things you and I do every day. Woohoo.

Outside of that, by 2018 we have another 12-20 million citizens who came here illegally, have no respect for the law or sovereignty, and will occupy jobs law-abiding citizens otherwise would have had. Oh, and while we’re at it, we’ll encourage future illegal immigration by rewarding bad (and illegal) activity.

Seeking to woo Republicans, the 26-page framework, which has not yet been written into a formal bill, emphasizes first taking steps to limit illegal immigration before offering new rights for those here illegally. But the REPAIR (Real Enforcement with Practical Answers for Immigration Reform) proposal, as Democrats dubbed it, also would create a pathway to legal status for an estimated 10.8 million people who are already in the country illegally, an idea opposed by many conservatives.

Under the proposal, illegal immigrants currently in the United States would be eligible for legal status in eight years, as long as they learned English, had not committed a crime and paid their taxes. The federal government would increase funding for border security and require all American workers get a new version of their Social Security card that would include a biometric identifier to protect against the creation of counterfeits…

But the only Republican who had been negotiating with Democrats on the issue, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), criticized the proposal, saying “it is our belief that Congress should focus on border security first,” in a joint statement with Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate.

Yeah, we heard the same bull about border security under the Bush Administration. It’s political cover with nothing solid to back it up. Congress promises to build a fence and hire more Border Patrol agents, only to defund the measures later when people are no longer paying attention. Then amnesty kicks in.