Because it would have been a nightmare for the courts. That's not going to streamline anything you, idiot. Do you know what kind of resources would be required to prosecute these newly created crimes? I hate to say it, but Rudy, again, was correct on this. But, then he is not one of the Republicans living under a rock. The attempts to criminalize illegal presence are about "streamlining" GOP propaganda to reality. It's just a political stunt. It's passage would do nothing but clog the courts and bog down the enforcement of immigration laws.
Fuck you to idiot.

Different people can have different opinions, but only assholes don't understand this.
Steamlining the proccess of removing illegals would not tie up the courts. Everyone here illegally would be subject to the same laws and no investigation into their staus would be neccesary. You either have current documentation or you don't.