The problem with any amnesty “deal” is it is unenforceable against Democrats. Suppose they agree that after 10 years illegals get to stay. The next time they get in power, Dems will pass a new law saying it’s 3 years and they’ll open the border, Biden-style. There is nothing to stop them. You can’t control their future actions the way you can in an ordinary business deal, where one party promises they’ll do X and if they renege and do anti-X you can take them to court. Maybe a few years ago you could trust Dems to stick to any deal, but now they basically seem to feel any immigration controls are racist.

Note that it doesn’t work the other way around. Dems don’t have to trust Republicans to stick to any amnesty promise, because once people are amnestied they cannot be unamnestied. And once they are in the country it is very hard to get them out, as we have discovered.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 9, 2026

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