I didn't argue otherwise. What I argued was that making the program available to illegals here does nothing to stop illegal entry, and proposing it encourages it.
[If you really think that securing the land border would be ineffective at doing anything about the problem, does this mean you'd favor eliminating the Border Patrol altogether?]
That's silly.
So can I take that as a no?
You're not being clear about the difference between people who are already here illegally, and ones who might come illegally in the future. Are you saying that we should let the people who are here illegally stay here illegally? I'm not in favor of that, and closing borders doesn't help.
I think people who are looking for an easy answer (eg., build a wall between the US and Mexico) are deluded. There are many ways to get here, and I've already mentioned many of them. Border control is only one part of it.
I'm quite convinced that we need to give people a legal way to get here (if they are people we want to come), and that we need to find a way to locate the people that we really don't want to be here.