Lots of people (I think earnestly) suggest that people who enter the country illegally or overstay a visa shouldn't be deported because they are seeking a better economic condition. I'm generally quite sympathetic to that but a big problem is it still expresses a priority to them over citizens because there isn't a comparable offer to those citizens.

If people get to ignore system laid out for immigration to put themselves in a better position, what is the equivalent for citizens? What rules do we get to ignore to get ahead, even as a one time deal? Basically everything we do is tied up in red tape and we're told that's just part of living in a rules based order. So, even under the fake social contract, liberals are only carving out exceptions for people that ignore it and calling anyone that questions it as a bigoted.