Yeah, get to stay if they pay taxes, pay the fines, and have no criminal records, which a significant number of illegals in the country have. So it's hardly a cake walk. Read the stats on illegals and you'll see that. Far more of them have criminal records than is admitted by the advocates for them. And that would prohibit ALL of them from taking advantage of any kind of worker program. The ones who don't have criminal sheets would only be able to stay if they register, obey the rules, and PAY TAXES, and that's by biggest beef. There is a $70 billion a year shortfall nationally for what the illegals get from the system and don't pay because so few of them pay taxes. If all of them were paying taxes, that would take a serious bite out of that and ease the burden on the healthcare and education systems, even moreso when you consider the ones that would be deported for non-compliance. So it's not as cut and dry as you want to make it sound.