When my ancestors came to this country thru Ellis Island there was no requirements other than 'they wanted to come to America'. No request for asylum, no claims of persecution. They simply believed that they could have a better life here.
The same is true for the ancestors of the majority of Americans.
Now, instead of letting people come here just to start a better life, we have set ridiculous requirements. Requirements that none of our ancestors had to meet.
If we didn't have ridiculous laws people wouldn't be breaking that law and there would be no illegal immigrants.
If you don't like 'open borders' just remember - if it weren't for open borders YOU would not be here!
Gee, in case you haven't noticed a whole lot has changed since the 1890's. Although to put it in some perspective, 12 million people were
processed through Ellis Island. Today we have 11-20 million people that
have not been processed because of idiots like you that like to pick and choose which laws to follow.