My biggest problem with all of this is there are many people in many countries that choose to come here legally from the beginning, and put in a lot of time and money to attempt to do so. Each and every one of them deserve to become citizens before anyone that came here illegally in my opinion.
Another issue is we did amnesty before, and were promised the border would be secured and laws would be enforced against future illegals. This did not happen and here we are again being promised a secure border and enforcement. Fool me once...
All somebody has to say is that all we are asking is to have the same immigration policy as Mexico.
I agree that borders need to be secured and that everyone who is following the law is first in line for citizenship. I have friends and family who came in legally, expensively, and with promise that they could not be burden to our government.
But some illegals work so hard, don’t collect food stamps or welfare, and have no one to go back to in their country of origin. I’d rather have them than the food-stamp-collecting, free-cellphones welfare class that’s here legally!