The majority of the people here are here for your so-called “legitimate reasons,” so making an exception would render the rule moot. They could all claim the “language skills” excuse since they are all here speaking Spanish without even an attempt to change.
As I said, I’d make it where anyone here illegally could never become a citizen, so get out before we find you. If things are so bad in your country, change your country. We’re a sovereign nation, not some halfway house for runaways.
Actually, we are a nation founded by the runaways. We are also a country of second chances, so I don't see your point in trying to be a complete isolationist who puts all his faith in our government and its laws for all time. Things can change for the better, they always can. We can't just shut our eyes and ignore our problems. You think sending everybody back would be an easy or even a practical solution. Never has anything in the history of the world been accomplished. The fact is, we can't and don't send every illegal back, even if we wanted to, because we have to incarcerate our law breakers. If an illegal kills someone he goes away in our prison system. Then we have illegals who contribute to our society in positive ways and never present a legal problem otherwise. Do you want to lump them all together?