Of course they came illegally but the government didn’t enforce the laws and now their children have grown up in America. Kicking them out is not going to be politically obtainable.
What do you mean by “politically obtainable”? What other laws should we decide not to enforce? Maybe we ought to just strike the law off the books because if we aren’t going to follow our own laws there’s no point in having them. And why should we expect others to follow our laws if we aren’t going to follow them ourselves? And if the criteria for enforcing a law will be how it will effect the children there’s a lot of murderers, rapists, drug dealers and thieves that should be let out of jail.
And what do we say to the immigrants who did things the right way and came here legally to make a better life for their children (half my family is Mexican, no one came illegally)? “Hey, sorry for the slap in the face, but hey, it’s your fault for trying to do it legally! Hope you learned your lesson, years spent working, learning English, taking citizenship classes, becoming a citizen was just damn dumb. You could’ve hid in the shadows in a illegal alien friendly state popped out a few babies and you all would’ve been able to become citizens when those kids get older. We here in the US are too concerned about how it looks to enforce our laws than having the integrity to actually enforce them! Suckers!”
Cindie