I am against illegal immigration

My first question when it comes to the subject of "illegal immigration" is: why are we even debating this? Why is it even on the national/international radar of something that people are now arguing about? It has the word "ILLEGAL" IN the thing you are arguing about! This must be a debate all-time first. No one usually debates "illegal murder" or "illegal robbery" -- this has not yet come up, though thanks to political correctness, it may one day. That may sound crazy, but I bet we'd never see the day that we'd be debating "Illegal immigration", that there would be people that are FOR something with the word ILLEGAL in the very thing they are debating for. That would seem too crazy. But apparently it is true. These people believe our country would be better off if the rule of law was thrown out the window, despite the fact that it has served us pretty well the past couple of hundred years.
I would like to make it clear that I am all for foreigners coming here, but you have to follow a couple of simple rules: Do it legally, get a job, don't commit any crimes, and learn English. (I'm not saying you have to forget your other language, just know English as well. Even if I were to go to a foreign country for a short visit, I would try to learn some of the words and phrases. If you want to LIVE here for the rest of your life, there's really no excuse). If you follow these basic rules, I welcome you with open arms. Apparently this is asking way too much and certain rich white liberals would find that statement offensive.
If foreigners come here illegally, it is a slap in the face to all the ones who patiently waited in line and took the test and did it legally. It is an insult to all the other foreigners, or former foreigners, that respect this country enough to do it right.
I guess the thing that offends me the most about illegal immigration (despite the fact that it is illegal, let's not lose sight of that), is that: They want to come here because this country is a great place to live and much better than the country they are fleeing. But yet they do not respect our laws, which is how this country GOT to be the country they want to come to in the first place.

What makes a country a country are rules and laws and, of course, its borders. If America never had any laws or borders, it wouldn't be such a hot place to live and the illegals would not want to come here as badly, if at all, for the opportunities they see here. They can't have it both ways. They can't want to live here and keep this country great, and work here, much less get government money, yet come here illegally. They can't have their cake and eat it too.
More than that, the ones that come here illegally and then proceed to commit crimes, clog up the legal system, and then the jails which we pay for. And the welfare and handouts which we pay for. People that should not be here in the first place. And liberals defend this despite the fact that they've never spoken to an illegal or met one in person, except maybe their gardener.
I know this is "a country of immigrants" and "we are all immigrants" and all that, and that's fine, I know that already. But generations ago, when our forefathers came here, they came through Ellis Island and "Signed the Book". They did not sneak in, with a total disrespect for our laws and all that makes this country great, yet demanding all the perks that America has to offer. At least mine didn't.
It is that duplicitous, two-faced, ungrateful nature of illegal immigration I hate so much. I don't feel I am going out on a limb here, taking the wild, crazy stance of being AGAINST something Illegal. WOW! Imagine that! What a wacky point of view! "are you sure he said AGAINST illegals? What a nutjob! Where'd he get those crazy notions?"