The primary goal of the US should be two fold. First, to make it relatively easy for educated, productive and entrepreneurial Mexicans to get in the US in short order and to stay here a long time.
Second, is to make it as easy as possible to eject uneducated, lazy, welfare consuming and criminal Mexicans as quickly and permanently as possible.
This overall should be the objective of all our immigration laws. But it needs to be scaled up in the case of Mexico.
Then, the second half of this program should be to diffuse and integrate the desirable Mexicans into the US culture as quickly as possible. This means breaking up immigrant communities so that integration is not optional, and insisting on English language skills to remain in the US.
The longer even illegal immigrants have been in the US, the more obvious that this applies. If a Mexican family has been in the US many years and still does not speak English or have a typical education, or have had reasonable success in supporting themselves in employment, there is no reason for them to stay here.
However, if they have been gainfully employed for some time, have children born or otherwise integrated into the US, who can communicate in English, and who are not criminal offenders, there is no reason for them to go, if they can go through at least a pro forma citizenship requirement.
In truth, they are already at least half-American at this point, and better citizens than many who are fully American.
First, to allow qualified applicants to legally enter the United States for as long as needed by the United States.
Second, is to make it as easy as possible to eject uneducated, lazy, welfare consuming and criminal Mexicans as quickly and permanently as possible.
Second, is to make life so unbearable for all illegals, who disregarded our laws by breaking into the United States, that returning to their own country will be a better option for them.
In truth, they are already at least half-American at this point, and better citizens than many who are fully American.
They are not half American and they certainly aren't 'citizens'.