You didn't answer my question, and clearly everyone else doesn't do it (that is why we have so many undocumented people in the country. To quote from John above "Only certain categories of non-citizens have pathways to citizenship. These categories include permanent residents who marry US citizens, asylum seekers, and people who have been victims of certain crimes and who have aided law enforcement. However, there is no pathway to citizenship for an undocumented immigrant who is a mother of children who are US citizens." If we had a path to citizenship, secured our borders, and aggressively deported those who don't avail themselves of that path, I would be in full support.