it's a pathway to citizenship, so no it's not the same as "granting amnesty to 8 million illegals". that's a large and random number that the heritage foundation made to make it sound scary. those people who would have been granted a path to citizenship, however, are still here in america today without the bill, because our economy depends on them due to your rightwing policies. and the only difference is that we needed to take in millions and millions more because of your unwillingness to stimulate our economy with big government or to centrally plan.
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