Disagree.
When you go through the process and invest so much time to become a citizen, you value it more.
I still say legal immigrants are amongst those who are most vehemently opposed to illegal immigration.
These are unfounded assertions based on wishful thinking.
“Valuing it more” is a vague term. Valuing what more? Joining some polity that was created by other peoples’ ancestors who you’re now going to pretend are your ancestors too? Or simply valuing the ability to have full and unrestricted access to economic advantages, that were previously at least partially restricted from you, which you now hope will pay a return on investment?
If legal immigrants really cared about heritage America (which, let’s face it, *has* to be what we’re talking about here, since *it* is what created “America” as it exists in the first place), they wouldn’t consistently vote in large majorities against heritage America’s interests. They wouldn’t vote as ethnic blocs in massive majorities.
Sorry, but your argument is simply based on wishful thinking and nostalgia for an immigration regimen that never *really* ever existed in the first place, but which has been positively refuted by the behaviour of immigrants themselves post-1965.
In terms of voting preferences, there is little difference between legal immigrants and illegal aliens. They are both heavily Democrat. Mass immigration is transforming this country electorally. That’s just a fact.