The Democrats are supposed to finally unveil their amnesty bill today. While the amnesty part is obvious, and the Times story doesn’t say anything about proposed immigration increases, the weakness of the enforcement provisions is striking. The draft bill that circulated apparently will require mandatory use of E-Verify, but that’s about it — it would abolish the 287(g) program, which facilitates cooperation with local cops, and, in the Times’s description, “argues that there’s no need for more U.S. Border Patrol agents or fencing.”

Politico noted the unlikelihood of any forward movement on amnesty:

“They can introduce the bill, but it’s going to have a very difficult time with all of the other agenda items,” said James Thurber, director of American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. “We have lots of Democratic seats in trouble in the House, and this particular issue is an issue that doesn’t play very well in some of those Blue Dog districts. I think the leadership will be very careful about pushing it, and the president will also.”