No, I’m not.
I’m comparing the imaginary lack of laws about each of them with the resulting lack of illegality of each of them. I’m making a logical analogy between them, not a moral comparison.
I’m saying that anyone who claims to only be against illegal immigration is actually against all immigration (with limited exceptions) if they object to Euro style open borders.
I’m not judging that position, just pointing out the inconsistency.
I see where you're coming from, but I don't think what you're saying is quite accurate.
I think many people have a problem with illegal immigration in America because they believe that the people that are coming to America illegally are of a different character than the people who would come here legally, even under increased legal immigration quotas.
I think there is reason to believe that the type of people that come here legally are much more likely to embody the sort of values - a spirit of adventure, a desire to work hard and play by the rules, etc - that make America great and preserve the social fabric.
I think there's also a lot of reason to believe that the sort of people who come here illegally or play the victim don't embody that same spirit, are looking to be taken care of rather than to take care of themselves, and are more likely to contribute to the destruction of America's social fabric.
That's to say nothing of the fact that with legal immigration, we can actually alter the criteria to
guarantee, or at least make it substantially more likely, that we only allow the right sort of people that will contribute to American values and social fabric. Whereas with illegal immigration, not only can we not specify who we're allowing in, we're actually more likely to attract the wrong sort - people who are ready, willing, and able to break our laws.
So overall, I think the problem people have is not with immigrants, but with the wrong sort of immigrants - and the fact that the current system creates perverse incentives that block people who would help build a better and more socially cohesive American society, but allows in people who seem likely to break it apart.