So ? what your saying is give the foreigners who came here illegally a free pass on breaking the laws ? ...
Never said that and don't want that. Just pointing out the reality that politicians have spent decades letting the water run over the dam and not all of it can be pumped back. If a child was brought over at 2 years of age, and has been living "as if an American" for 20 years, is that person a lawbreaker? I work with security clearances and often find young men and women of Hispanic origin getting questioned for claiming their parents as naturalized citizens. Many have been told all their lives they are legal and then a special circumstance (security investigation) proves that their parents lied to them.
I advocate sealing the borders, getting rid of the most obvious scum, and doing an ordered look at what's left.