The dems have offered employer fines and added border security for years, so long as employed families who've been here for years - with kids who CAN'T BE DEPORTED BECAUSE OF THE 14TH AMEND PROHIBITING A SLAVE CLASS OF NON CITIZENS - are just given some legal status. And the IRONY is that WE'RE BROKE AND DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COURT'S TO DEPORT THEM ANYWAY.
And it's not that the dem pols are being good guys. What they proposed is what their voters want.
Other than abortion and immigration, I'm pretty willing to criticize dem policy, but on these two, they're consistent with the maj of voters on policy if not implementation.