Agreed, but courts have consistently overruled statutes attempting to deny benefits.
So the only was to accomplish that is to stop handing out the bennys period.
Which is why I have the same thought process as with amnesty:
Not even interested in discussing amnesty until immigration controlled.
Not even interested in discussing drug legalization until gov is out of the charity business.
Yes, there's going to be a problem with federal statutes -- those have to be changed first.
Then, each individual state would have to clean up their own statutes, changing any laws used by the courts to wiggle around it. So the only was to accomplish that is to stop handing out the bennys period.
That wouldn't be bad, in the long run.
Not even interested in discussing amnesty until immigration controlled.
I don't want to discuss amnesty at all. If someone is in the country illegally, they should leave.
One thing that would put an end to a lot of illegal immigration: If you are caught in the country illegally, you will NEVER, EVER, get a green card. You'll give up any chance to stay in the US legally.
No asylum for anyone that enters the US illegally, either. I don't care how bad it is back at home -- if you don't do it legally, you go home.
Finally, end "catch and release", and send them back to their country of origin.
That doesn't mean that I oppose immigration, though. I would implement something like Australia's "point system". It takes into account:
Each of these factors adds to your "score". By adjusting the points for each factor and setting the score threshold, the number of people admitted each year can be managed.