I think Mitt, and the elites want the illegals, and more of them.
It puts downward pressure on their business cost, i.e., labor.
They don’t labor for a living, so its no skin off their backs.
They don’t live in working class, low welfare towns, so they don’t pick up the school, crime, costs.
Mitt is an opportunist and his whole goal in life is to be the first Mormon President.
Of course. But the point is that Mitt would take the opposite position on this issue if he thought it'd get him nominated/elected.