Originally Posted by kane

Most people I know want something along these lines:

If someone is here illegally, but hasn't committed any other crimes, and they have some kind of job or skill so they can support themselves and not just live off the system, let them stay, get them legal and give them a path to becoming a citizen sometime down the road.

If they have committed other crimes or they clearly are just here to leech off the system, then they have to go.