Illegal aliens are barred from the military, only citizens and legal resident aliens may serve.
It is their parents responsibility for their situation, not ours. They can go home with their parents, we don’t want to split up families.
If we start making exceptions we will never deport anyone.
Once upon a time, criminals (depending on crime of course) were sometimes given a choice between jail, or military service. Don’t know if that’s still done, but in the case of young illegals who had no say in coming here illegally, an accommodation could be made.
It’s a complicated subject. And I agree; no free pass to citizenship for the illegals.