You just told the whole internet you're here illegally. In the same breath you're lecturing American citizens on who deserves a say in our laws. Read that back to yourself. Nobody made you second class. Breaking the law did that, and staying outside it every day since is your choice. "Live under laws they'd never have a say in shaping." You already live under our laws. You just don't follow them. Millions of green card holders, visa workers and students live under those same laws right now without a vote. The difference is they came the right way and waited their turn. Paying taxes doesn't buy citizenship. Tourists pay sales tax. H-1B workers pay income tax. None of them vote. We tried your "earned path" in 1986. About 2.7 million people were legalized on the promise that it was a one-time fix and enforcement would follow. Enforcement never came, and here we are decades later hearing the same pitch.