Comment by relaxing

> The "legal way" is to apply for that stuff, then enter the country.

Which is next to impossible, particularly for immigrants who pick crops and process livestock. It’s annoying when people elide this.

> It's also weird that even those that have not been apprehended are issued IDs, work permits, business and drivers licenses, get in-state tuition as state schools, and in some places get to vote for local elections.

Or since those people pay taxes and are subject to governance, maybe it isn’t weird at all.