Richard Blumenthal actually said...
I think to characterize it as amnesty would be rejected by many of us who support it, the idea of earning citizenship by paying back taxes, paying a penalty, learning English, going to the back of the line, and in the case of the DREAMers, literally earning it by serving this Nation in its United States military, I think is inaccurate.
Context
Blumenthal defends immigration reform as fair, not amnesty, emphasizing earned citizenship.
02/12/2013