If you people think that a government shutdown means that things run just fine with the exception that parks are shut down, do yourselves a favor and talk to your friend/relative/acquaintance who served on active duty during the time of the last government shutdown, and ask if it impacted them negatively.
I guarantee they will say it did.
Additionally, what Obama proposed via Executive Order is NOT AMNESTY!!! Here, for those of you confused about what amnesty actually is, here's the definition from Dictionary.com
noun, plural amnesties.
1. a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
2. Law. an act of forgiveness for past offenses, especially to a class of persons as a whole.
3. a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense.
verb (used with object), amnestied, amnestying.
4. to grant amnesty to; pardon.
According to what Obama did, it is NOT amnesty, because they have to come out of the shadows, pay fines and back taxes, and are given a WORK VISA, meaning they can stay here as long as they are employed and pay taxes. There has been no forgiveness of anything, and additionally, they are required to register and pass a background check BEFORE being given their work visa.