But now, the pressure is building for a pathway out.
Given that shifting stance, the bigger question remains: Will Clinton make clear whether she will fight for a pathway to citizenship?
Hannity voiced support for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, which he previously dismissed as "amnesty," on the day after the 2012 election.
Bush, the former Florida governor whose name remains at or near the top of most early polls, has called for a pathway to legal status, rather than citizenship.
An uptick in Republican support for a pathway to citizenship could be statistical noise.
He's for a pathway to citizenship, he's against it, he's for it.
The ads call for a pathway to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally.
In Durban, at a further round of talks in 2011, the proposal on the table was for a pathway to a new global agreement to kick in from 2020, when the Copenhagen commitments expire.
He is pro-life, anti-gay marriage, supports a full repeal of Obamacare and uses the phrase "illegal alien amnesty" to describe those undocumented immigrants hoping for a pathway to citizenship.
There are signs of an uptick in Republican support for a pathway to citizenship, or at least a conditional pathway to citizenship.
Mr. McCain found in 2007 that his support for a "pathway to citizenship" helped dry up his fund-raising and turned off critical conservative activists.
