So, today, I saw a sign on my school group’s wall saying something about undocumented people being welcome here, which I strongly agree with. They should be welcomed as much as any citizen (I’m American so a lot of this will be in relation to my observations in the USA).
However, I have friends and family who are strongly anywhere from “illegals should be tortured” to a more reasonable (not saying it’s 100% reasonable, just MORE reasonable) that the undocumented should be deported but not treated badly in the process. Some, like my dad, are right-wingers who believe in changing the border laws and don’t support Trump at all (a Never Trumper I think?)
My stance is that the border laws should be changed and that the undocumented are not “illegal”, they should be treated like human beings and welcome as any American should.
If illegals are treated the same as citizens, then there is no benefit to being a citizen and borders are meaningless. I don’t think you should be able to influence politics in the united states or benefit from policies unless you are a citizen, demonstrating or proving some level level of commitment to this country. I’m not worried if you want to stay here and work, and work towards citizenship, but if you cause trouble then you need to go.