Yes, it appears to raise the priority on enforcement -- but it also contains an amnesty program, so we can expect another 10 million illegal aliens to enter the US in the next four or five years, waiting for the next amnesty that our nation's leaders say will never again be offered.

A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers and the White House struck an immigration reform deal Thursday that would grant legal status to the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants already in the United States and increase border and interior enforcement initiatives.

The plan would establish a temporary worker program for new arrivals to the United States with a separate program for agricultural workers. The bill also would include provisions for new technology to ensure against immigration document fraud.

Supporters of the arrangement urged their congressional colleagues and the American public to support the bill as a whole even though strong objection may be felt toward its individual parts.

"All of you know that in the legislative process, no one gets 100 percent of what they want, if you're going to get something done," Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. said, speaking to reporters shortly after the deal was announced.

"From my perspective, it's not perfect, but it represents the best opportunity that we have in a bipartisan way to do something about this problem. And if we had not gotten together as Republicans and Democrats to develop this bipartisan consensus, we can be assured that there would not be a bill passed this year, and probably not next year," Kyl said.

The question is this -- is a bad bill better than no bill at all? Does a bill tha rewards illegal behavior better advance the interests of the United States than continuing with the status quo in the hopes of getting something better? I'm not sure -- but I'm inclined to oppose this one.

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