[Kevin]

If I moved to another well-off country.. say Japan.. Do you think that they'd take the same steps to coddle me as an illegal immigrant that the US does with ours?

Hell no.

If I went to live in France don't you think there's a pretty good chance I'm not going to get by very well without learning French?

I agree with most people here. We do too much to coddle today's immigrants. We make services available FREE OF CHARGE to people who just take our money and send it out of country.

This type of treatment has never been afforded to an immigrant group in the US. Except during times in which we were settling new territory (don't hold your breath for that one again).

It's really not fair looking at the big picture. We need strict border control and should either grant citizenship to or deport all of our illegal immigrants. And yes, I believe there need to be certain requirements for citizenship (like speaking the local language).