I personally live in southern California and see and talk to tons of illegal immigrants daily. Most of the people who come to this country come for a better life. They aren't here to exploit our system. Even if you have a child here, it doesn't make YOU a citizen it makes your child a citizen and most of these mothers come so their children can reap the benefit of the United States. I believe if you are born in America you are AMERICAN not Mexican or Irish or whatever it is. My grandma was an illegal German immigrant but my mother is a citizen, born and raised here. So am I by some ways an illegal person who hasn't emmigrated from anywhere? I don't understand how your logic makes any sense.