No, I don't want to give all criminals a free pass, but immigration law is way messed up.

Agreed. Let's fix it. But until then, uphold the law and deport the criminals.

My opinion is that if you willingly enter the US illegally, you should be deported. But there needs to be an understand for children hauled here by their parents and people like my friend. INS doesn't see it this way because of how the laws are written.

You've undoubtedly heard the term "breaders"? Here in CA it's huge. Mexicans sneaking across the border and having babies, who are then US Citizens and get all the benefits. The problem is, the parent are NOT citizens. Because they broke the law coming to the
I think the kids should not get citizenship. The law should be changed requiring at least one parent to be a citizen for the kid to be a citizen.