This particular illegal criminal insurgent invader (made a criminal by his selfish parents that brought him across the border thus breaking our laws) when he was to young to fend for himself.
They were making the point that it's too bad the citizenship bill (What?) didn't pass to help criminals not pay for their crimes.
They soft sweet description used of course is "The Dream Act"-dream for them, nightmare for us- is just to hide the fact that it is really an amnesty ollie ollie oxen free bill.