Controlling our borders and encouraging legal immigration are two parts of they same problem. We should solve them at the same time.
We need to secure our borders and remove the millions of people who are here illegally. However, we also need to fix and dramatically expand our legal immigration system. There are many good and honest people who want to become American citizens, adopt American ideals, and contribute to our culture and economy. We want and need those people, but many people have applied and are waiting for years for an answer. Yes, we want illegals to go home and apply to come here legally. We have to give them a path forward. We have to control who comes here but do it in a reasonable amount of time.