I waited patiently, jumped thro all the hoops, did things the right way and got my GC after 6 years.
I am educated, pay my taxes, contribute to this society, do not hide my income, etc. (Maybe I should)
Why should people be rewarded for just their proximity to the US and illegal access across the border? Having oceans to cross has just made immigration control easier with other countries.
There definitely is a human face to the immigration problem, it is multifaceted, and very difficult to start addressing, but this piece of legislation does not even begin to address the problem at its grass roots.