Debate Could Turn on a 7-Letter Word

Calling Proposal an 'Amnesty' Rouses Foes, Confounds Backers

"Anything that allows illegal immigrants to stay and become legal is amnesty," said Jessica Echard, executive director of the Eagle Forum, a national conservative group. "We're not saying they should deport everyone. We are saying let's turn off the spigot, start enforcing laws on the border and in the workplace. Then we will see the illegal population shrink on its own." WashingtonPost.com, May 30, 2007