Meanwhile, something may get done about illegal immigration

[Onkel Neal]

Obama Hints He May Be Open to Immigration Deal With GOP
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/us...-gop.html?_r=0

President Obama signaled in an interview broadcast Friday that he might accept an immigration deal that does not include a special pathway to citizenship for those in the country illegally, possibly meeting Republicans in the middle on an issue that has divided them for years.

Mr. Obama and other Democrats have long insisted that legislation overhauling the immigration system include a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who pay fines and back taxes and meet other conditions. Activists and many Democrats have called that nonnegotiable.

Speaker John A. Boehner and other House Republicans on Thursday released a statement of principles on immigration that would not include the citizenship pathway but would allow such immigrants legal status.

Of course, getting "legal status" is just a step before we see the same protests that those with legal status are "second class citizens" and they should get citizenship.

Man, I would hate to be a law-abiding immigrant who has followed our laws and gone through the work to become a citizen. They must feel cheated. We are rewarding the wrong thing here.