As far as requiring them to be here for a certain period of time to qualify to be allowed to live here legally...when the last amnesty was given there was a requirement that the illegal had lived here (I think it was 20 years) problem was illegals just obtained false documents showing they had been here the required time- had employers, neighbors, people on the street writing that they had rented from them, worked for them, ect. It was a sham and illegals that were newly arrived were given citizenship. The document sham is one reason so many more were given amnesty than was planned for. Illegals know they can sham our system, that is why anytime anyone of note mentions even the possiblity of an amnesty type plan illegals flood across the border. They know if they are here when any plan to legalize illegals happens they can jump on the wagon. No matter what the requirements would be, illegals would produce them- real or not. Illegals have already proven they refuse to follow our laws, why do so many believe that they will not break laws to qualify for some sort of legalization?