Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants

Pres. Obama is continually quoted as having had no response from Congress on Immigration Reform.
It appears that President Obama is like many people. If he doesn't like the answer to a question, he ignores the answer.
In the case of Immigration Reform, Pres. Obama interprets immigration reform as amnesty to new immigrants entering the US illegally and those who have also entered illegally as much as 20 or 30 years ago.
To better understand the situation, we need a clear understanding of amnesty. The US has immigration laws which basically say immigrants must apply for entrance to the US as immigrants through the US State Department. This puts them on a list of allowable entries and when their name comes up for approval, they may enter. We call that a legal entry. However, persons who do not want to go through the standard immigration procedure, may physically enter the US by secretive border crossing. We call that an illegal entry, because the action did not conform to US immigration laws.
There have been many millions of people who have entered the US under the secretive or illegal method and we call those persons illegal immigrants. They have broken the US Immigration Laws.
We also need to understand the meaning of "amnesty". It means that we recognize you have broken a law, but not only will we not prosecute, we will forgive you for the law breaking and allow you all the benefits and privileges that would accrue to you if you had not broken the law. This is similar to a robber taking $1 million from a bank and going into hiding. The authorities then say through public announcements that they forgive the robber for his action. He can keep the million dollars, and the authorities just would like to know who he is. Kind of ridiculous?
Going back to Pres. Obama versus Congress on the amnesty situation for illegal immigrants, Congress has already replied. It has not passed a law granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. That's an answer to Pres. Obama's request, whether he wants to accept it or not.