There's an obvious similar between the idea that China will help restrain North Korea and that the Democrats will trade some sort of amnesty for enforcement. In both cases, it misses the point.
China wants North Korea to be out there causing chaos. And the Democrats want to use DACA beneficaries and the entire illegal alien issue as a rallying point for Latino voter turnout.
The Democrats don't have an incentive to make a deal.
Republicans only think they have an incentive to make a deal because they take Democrats at their word. They assume that Democrats mean what they say.
And you never do that.
If you believe that the Democrats really want to fix immigration, you have to believe that they really want to fix urban poverty and racism. And if you think that's true, look at Newark or Detroit.
There's no political percentage in fixing those problems. The only thing that the Dems want to do is make these problems much, much worse.
When it comes to immigration, the Dems want as many of the wrong kind of immigrants as possible. The "wrong kind" of immigrants are cheap labor with major social problems who will vote for them. The agenda is to expand the political ghettos that are the other half of the Dem base.
The "illegal" part is just Phase 1 of the political and social problem. Phase 2 is the same old urban ghetto. Legalization just moves the process more quickly from Phase 1 to Phase 2.
And when it comes to actual illegal migration, the Dems will fight any enforcement tooth and nail. They have no interest in making a deal for 800,000 unless that deal is inherently worthless. Which any enforcement deal is likely to be once their pet judges get through with it. Their larger agenda is 13 million and 28 million and 60 million.
Asking them to settle for pennies on the migrant dollar won't work.
Furthermore, they have little interest in even a worthless deal because their agenda is to play on the issue for voter turnout. Their real goal is to take Congress, pass full Amnesty and throw the borders wide open. The left runs on outrage. The illegals are more fuel for that outrage.
The Dem endgame is still...
1. National protests
2. Accusations of racism
3. Voter turnout to flip seats
A compromise is not on the list.