That's the way I am looking at it. It is more of a consumer issue than a citizenship issue. Like I mentioned before, since citizenship is so difficult to enforce, other consequences are implemented that don't make sense on their own.
If the issue was that illegals have always had to pay three times as much for milk, and now were being allowed to pay what everyone else paid, the sentiment would be the same. People would be emotional because someome who was illegal would be existing here without some sort of consequences. They'd probably say that the illegals were being rewarded, and that now their tax dollars would be wasted on subsidizing all the milk the illegals would consume. Others would argue that now some citizens would be deprived of milk because some illegal was there to purchase the milk first, or that there wasn't enough milk to go around. Howeve, no one, would be able to argue that it actually costs more to produce milk that gets consumed by an illegal, than it does milk that gets consumed by a citizen.
So ask yourself, are you prepared to support legislation that alters free market prices for things unrelated to certain laws that have been broken? 30% higher gas prices for anyone who didn't register their cars on time. Mandatory mortgage rates of 50% of salary for anyone who owes property taxes; no option to pay the taxes and get in the clear.
Be mad about immigration, but don't get stupid about consumption.



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