No.
It is first and foremost a case of enforcement. Are we a nation at all, let alone one under the rule of law? These illegal aliens are not good candidates for citizenship.
The first major test was flunked when they disregarded our immigration laws.
The second was when they refused to learn English, acculturate and melt in.
The third is when they waved foreign national flags and demanded rights to conquer the whole continent.
The fourth was when they filled up a third of our prisons.
The fifth was when a vast portion of them demanded our social services.
Self-deportation can be effectuated much more easily than you imagine. Why do you think the Senators keep brow-beating INS officers who are too effective?
William Bennett had an extremely important interveiw to that effect this morning. One of the identified trouble-makers: Senator Chuck Hagel is one of those pieces of dreck who does not deserve to be called a Republican. An INS officer had come up with a simple, slick, and efficient way to clean house at one of the packing plants...and the Packing plant owners got on the phone to Hagel...who then immediately raising holy hell...and got the INS official ousted.
Oh. I guess it's case closed, then.