That's what this immigration bill says. Anyone who entered this country illegally::  (A) shall, for the first violation, be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 12 months, or both;  (B) shall, for a second or subsequent violation, or following an order of voluntary departure, be fined under such title, imprisoned not more than 3 years, or both;  (C) if the violation occurred after the alien had been convicted of 3 or more misdemeanors with the convictions occurring on different dates or of a felony for which the alien served a term of imprisonment of 15 days or more, shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both; and  (D) if the violation occurred after the alien had been convicted of a felony for which the alien was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 months,shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.  If they are caught still sneaking in after this Law is enacted:  (b) IMPROPER TIME OR PLACE; CIVIL PENALTIES.—Any alien older than 18 years of age who is apprehended while knowingly entering, attempting to enter, or crossing or attempting to cross the  border to the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil penalty, in addition to any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed under any other provision of law, in an amount equal to—  (1) not less than $250 or more than $5000 for each such entry, crossing, attempted entry, or attempted crossing; or  (2) twice the amount specified in paragraph (1) if the alien had previously been subject to a civil penalty under this subsection.  Now for someone trying to reenter after they've been deported: 2 years imprisonment and fine (per 8 US Code); if they were deported after a conviction, it's a fine and up to 20 years in prison. And if they re-enter after they've been ordered deported:  Sec 276: Reentry of Removed Alien  ‘‘(a) REENTRY AFTER REMOVAL.—Any alien who has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed, or who has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, and subsequently enters, attempts to enter, crosses the border to, attempts to cross the border to, or is at any time found in the United States, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, and imprisoned not more than 2 years.  (b) REENTRY OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS.—Notwithstanding the penalty provided in subsection (a), if an alien described in that subsection—  (1) was convicted for 3 or more misdemeanors, with the convictions occurring on different dates, before such removal or departure, the alien shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, and imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;  (2) was convicted for a felony before such removal or departure for which the alien was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 months, the alien shall be fined under such title, and imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both;  (3) was convicted for a felony before such removal or departure for which the alien was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 60 months, the alien shall be fined under such title, and imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both;  (4) was convicted for 3 felonies, with the convictions occurring on different dates before such removal or departure, the alien shall be fined under such title, and imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; or  (5) was convicted, before such removal or departure, for murder, rape, kidnapping, or a felony offense described in chapter 77 (relating to peonage and slavery) or 113B (relating to terrorism) of such title, the alien shall be fined under such title, and imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.  (c) REENTRY AFTER REPEATED REMOVAL.—Any alien who has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed 3 or more times and thereafter enters, attempts to enter, crosses the border to, attempts to cross the border to,or is at any time found in the United States, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, and imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.  2. Eliminate what is known as the "anchor baby" law from the constitution, the 14th Amendment. This was put into place in 1868 for the benefit of former slaves born here before the civil war. It's outdated. Eliminate it.  While repealing the 14th Amendment would take US citizenship away from children who are born here of illegal and undocumented parents, it will also prevent the government from granting 'benefit of doubt' citizenship to babies found abandoned at police stations, firehouses, hospitals and schools per the Safe Harbor laws, and to babies thrown in dumpsters, thrown away in trashbags, and other such situations. These throwaway children would end up stateless, ineligible for state sponsored assistance like medical care, child protectiveservices; ineligible to be adopted, etc.  It might also criminalize anyone who found the baby thrown in a dumpster because just taking the baby out of the dumpster and cleaning it, feeding it and calling the police to report it would classify that as helping an illegal/undocumented and the person who took the baby out of the dumpster would go to jail.  If you pass a dumpster and hear a baby crying, you'd be better off leaving it in the dumpster to die.  If you can figure out how to strip 'anchor baby' citizenship from illegal children without stripping citizenship from foundlings and throwaway infants, I'd be all for it. But until that solution is found, the 14th Amendment stands.  Only the United States has such a ridiculous law.  The US is not the only country with such laws. And Canada has not yet, to my knowledge, repealed theirs. If your child is born in these counties, they are automatically a citizen of that country as well as the country to which the parents belong:  Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesotho, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & The Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Uruguay and Venezuela.  Barbados and Antigua & Barbuda are in the process of abolishing their jus soli laws.  Countries with jus sanguinis ('by blood') laws--citizenship only to those with at least one parent a citizen/resident:  Australia, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, and United Kingdom.  All others only allow a child citizenship if at least one parent is a citizen (permanent residency not permitted, must be a citizen ONLY.  The exception to that are those countries which have signed the 1968 UN Resolution On The Reduction of Statelessness. Under the assumption that every person has a right to citizenship somewhere, and thus protection under some country's laws, those who are stateless (people, particularly children, having no documentation showing where they were originally from) were granted automatic citizenship in whatever country first found them--jus soli citizenship.  The US did not sign that Resolution because we didn't have to--the 14th Amendment of our Constitution already grants jus soli citizenship to stateless infants.  3. People that are here illegally now would have six months to report in. They would be given applications for citizenship to fill out and put at the end of the line. They would then be required to go back to their native country and wait until it was their turn.  People that are here illegally now have 1 year to report in--that's because USCIS would not be able to process all those applications in six months. Have some heart for the poor overworked clerks. The people who apply for RPI status will not have their application processed until every other lawful immigration applicant who submitted an application prior to the bill's signing into law has had their application processed. No they are not going to be required to go back to their home country mostly because a greater number of those applying for RPI status are not here illegally and in some cases, they may be stateless and don't have a 'home country'to go back to--or they may be legal USCs wrongfully identified as illegal by the system.  4. A strict limit should be imposed on the number of immigrants allowed in each year. Our social systems can only handle so much.  5.No social security or other government benefits would be earned by immigrants without them working at least 30 years and paying into the system. No welfare would be given. They need to get a job, be self-sufficient, and not go on government assistance. If not, they will lose their citizenship and have to go back to their home country.  That's exactly what this Immigration bill does. The number of merit-based visas is dropping to 140,000 a year, and the majority of those are going to go to movie stars, celebrities, foreign businessmen investing in US businesses, and those coming here to work who have doctorates, bachelors or masters AND who must be currently employed by a US company. The US company also has to provide proof that no qualified USC is available in the area the work will be taking place before they can bring in a foreign national, and they will have to pay tax penalties for doing so. If they cease to employ the visa holder, the visa holder has 60 days to find new employment or they have to return to their country of origin.  The number of family-based visas is dropping to 480,000 per year and those will be issued, in order of preference, to diplomats, businessmen and women,and family of serving military.  English proficiency is now a REQUIREMENT of getting a visa no matter who you are, and no one with a visa can claim/collect any form of public benefit. Permanent residents and USCs who have satisfied the employment and residency requirements are the only people who will be able to claim Social Security/Medicare/public benefits. And no one granted RPI status under this bill is eligible to apply for naturalization.
Former President George W. Bush waded ever so gently into the fierce debate in Washington over immigration reform, urging lawmakers to reach a