Well that was kind of underwhelming

As I understand it, the immigration policy announced by President Obama – or as I assume the Republican leadership will now address him, His Magnificence Emperor Barack The First – is that since we can’t afford to deport all of the 11 million people who are here without papers, we’ll concentrate on deporting the undocumented terrorists, felons, and gang bangers who no one likes.

For the approximately 4 million undocumented-but-otherwise-law-abiding parents who have been here for at least five years and whose children were born here as of Thursday, and who agree to pay all taxes, and who make it through a background check, we’ll sell them some valid documents for a fee.

So the government is telling these 5 million people, register yourselves, pay us and you won’t be any closer to citizenship, but we will agree not to rip your family apart.

Which I have to say is certainly very nice of the government. In fact I’m sure these 4 million people are right now composing thank you notes.

THANK YOU government for letting us pay you not to rip our families apart…

But I admit that what I don’t get is how that could be called amnesty.

After all the warnings this past week, I was envisioning some sweeping Imperial Directive saying the borders are open! Free Obamacare and medicinal pot for everybody who speaks Spanish.

Instead, it’s basically a memo saying we’re clamping down on the border – which everybody wants, we’re kicking out criminals – which everybody wants, and those of you with families who pay us a little protection money we’ll sell you an immunity necklace that expires in three years.
Merry Christmas.