Yes, via the golden door. Not under the lead fence, in the middle of the night, breaking US laws with the very act of stepping onto US soil.
Nothing ironic about it Mike- my father- in- law was not born in the US but he came in through the proverbial front door, registered as a resident alien, then learned enough English and US law (which is not very much) and applied and passed the test for citizenship. He was a citizen of the US before I was, and I got my citizenship the easy way :-)
You may try and twist it any way you wish but my post and this thread is not about immigrants, it is about ILLEGAL immigrants. Perhaps you do not have such silly notions in the U.K. and I could come there and live, work or just 'mooch' at my pleasure? I sincerely doubt it though.
I welcome ALL immigrants to the US using any / all of the available channels. I resist Illegal Immigrants in toto but I <especially> resist them VOTING, WORKING, holding any OFFICE, being EDUCATED in public schools and everything else reserved for those who follow the rules.
If you have a passport, take a look and see if it does not say "Subject". Mine says "Citizen", and being a proud member of 'We The People' and a citizen in good standing, I withhold that status for those who have walked in the proverbial front door, not slipped in through the bathroom window.... after hours.....
Brian
Oh the irony
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"