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I truly believe that crime is the last resort for anybody. And the government's job is to make sure no one ever has to be forced into that position.
We are not saying it is okay to steal, or break laws in general. But if people are really that desperate, that means it needs to resolve not by prosecution, but by giving people more choices.
If one break rules because there was no other way, then giving harsher punishments would make no difference. As two people in this thread pointed out, the legal means of citizenship is borderline unjust. And that's even though their families could afford the lawyers. Current laws are simply not practical. Why immigration reform? Because what the United States needs is no longer met by the written laws. Thus, the laws need to reflect reality, not the other way around.
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