Just as the Associated Press no longer allows its reporters to use the phrase “illegal immigrant,” supporters of the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill have sought to make sure no one calls their bill “amnesty.” And like the AP, which still hasn’t quite decided what to call illegal immigrants, Schumer-Rubio proponents can’t decide what to call their bill, either. At one point the term “path to citizenship” was favored. Now they prefer “earned legal status.” It is all quite Orwellian.

But the words we use are important. And the word “amnesty” is a perfectly accurate description of what the Schumer-Rubio bill does. To see why, let’s take a step away from the heated issue of immigration and look at an area where everyone agrees the use of “amnesty” is proper: taxes.