[PAR35]

In 35 years they never made any attempt to legalize their status?

Looks like to me they made efforts, they just didn't succeed. " appeals to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Board of Immigration Appeals, "

[Svartalfiar]

In 35 years they never made any attempt to legalize their status?

Looks like to me they made efforts, they just didn't succeed. " appeals to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Board of Immigration Appeals, "

They made efforts to skip the line and just get it. They could have been doing it the proper way and going back to their home country and applying from there. And since they now had anchor babies, they'd have gotten preferential treatment. Instead, they just stayed here illegally hoping to just magically be given citizenship.