Did they punish Bill Clinton for not making them citizens?
No. they did not punish Clintoon. However, the republicans are not the party of special interest. Entitlements are what they are after.
Actually, Clinton did make a whole big bunch of them citizens right before the election in 96 (knowing that they would generally vote Democrat) by ordering the INS in effect to skip the normal background checks and other procedures -- the program was called CitizenshipUSA.
I can't remember which pool these new citizens came out of, i.e. if they were generally previous illegals who had been amnestied (or 245(i)ed) or if they came through more normal channels (doubtful). Clinton didn't directly turn illegals into citizens with this program, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did turn a substantial number of former illegals into citizens.