You are so right, Plane. I think we can ALL agree our current immigration system is broken. We enable too much illegal crossing into this country, with all kinds of perks & rewards if they get here, topped by the gross misuse/misapplication of our 14th Amendment. And don't get me started with the gross ignorance of the law with sanctuary cities
Back when we passed the 14th, we had open borders & open immigration. But something changed in this country....that being the emergence of the welfare state, where Government via the tax payers, are compelled to provide more and more of one's basic functions & services, because it apparently makes certain folks feel better about themselves. Such a strain on our legal tax payers is simply unsustainable with an open border/open immigration mindset
So, the Dems have a choice.....they can have open borders or they can have a welfare state. They can't have both
We need to stop and fix everything that's broken, which includes speeding up the immigration process. It's ridiculous that it takes years to be processed. But the FIRST thing that needs to be demonstrated, is a WILL to seriously fix the system. It starts with border enforcement. Be it a wall, the military, a massive increase in armed border agents, something along those lines. Once we have SOME control of the border (not all....many will still sneak thru), which demonstrates a bipartisan will to want to fix our immigration system, then we start dealing with weaning the bureaucracy, to something far more managable