Yes I see things differently. I don't believe anyone who has come to the U.S. illegally should be given amnesty under the guise of a "pathway to citizenship." There are too many people who did it the right way. Too are too many people still standing in line to do it the right way. It sends the wrong message to the millions who are not only here illegally, but are still trying to come here illegally.
I see things this way through my child of legal immigrant parents glasses.
Surprisingly enough I don't disagree with you. Two good friends of mine, who came here legally about a decade ago and have been busting their asses and are being productive members of society ever since have had to deal with the craziness that are U.S. immigration and "path to citizenship" policies. Of of them, despite doing everything right, is likely to not have her green card renewed, despite having never taken a dime of help, having held a productive job for years, while rising through the ranks, working for an employer which sponsored and continues to sponsor him, and owning a bought and paid for house, a bought and paid for car and raising a precocious two-year old.
The notion that people who broke the law to come here could end up being allowed to stay while she is deported, or might become citizens before her is, to put it mildly, insane.
With that said however, the reality is that deporting 10,000,000 people isn't likely to happen. And even if it were likely to happen, it's unclear that it should. In many cases, it arguably shouldn't. Consider the (admittedly trite) example of a kid who was brought across the borders by his parents as an infant and is now 10 or 12 years old. This kid was brought here through no fault of his own and knows no other life. To argue that he should be deported to Mexico and go back in life borders on crazy.
It's not an easy "problem" to solve one way or another. Allowing people who came here illegally leaves a bad taste, but it makes sense in a lot of cases and may, ultimately, be our only "real" option.