[inquest]

It's not likely that we would accept everyone who applied. People with criminal records, for example, would not get accepted in a legal program.

Of course we wouldn't. But those who did get accepted wouldn't have to come here illegally, and that would reduce the pressure on the border, right?

[speekinout]

But those who did get accepted wouldn't have to come here illegally, and that would reduce the pressure on the border, right?

And those who didn't get accepted would still come as long as they could get jobs when they did.
The only way to stop them is to cut off the reward - a job.