I do feel for the hard working illegals who came to WORK not freeload and afford their kids a better life. For the illegals who serve in our military there is no question they should have an easier path to citizenship. There should be a path to citizenship for those who can show they will not be a burden to the state. They should prove they took no welfare or food stamps in some set period of time. in other words that they supported themselves.My daughter in law is on path to citizenship and my son has to show that they can support themselves. A legal Mexican immigrant who works 5:30 am to 3:30 pm asked why does the government support healthy able bodied people by giving them welfare?
That said, the border needs to be secured.
My biggest problem with all of this is there are many people in many countries that choose to come here legally from the beginning, and put in a lot of time and money to attempt to do so. Each and every one of them deserve to become citizens before anyone that came here illegally in my opinion.
Another issue is we did amnesty before, and were promised the border would be secured and laws would be enforced against future illegals. This did not happen and here we are again being promised a secure border and enforcement. Fool me once...