Judy, they're"illegal" because they're breaking the law by being here.  That distinguishes them from immigrants who followed our laws and came here legally.  You can argue semantics and call them undocumented if you like, but it doesn't change the facts.   My grandparents followed the law and immigrated legally, I suspect most people's kin also followed the laws in place at the time as well.  Even yours, most likely.  But Judy, how is it "social justice" to reward people that breaks our laws, when millions of others follow the system and have to wait for their chance?  How is it "social justice" to allow these people to compete for jobs and government benefits with with American citizens that are struggling to get by?  Where is the justice in that?  And the fact that the citizens being affected in this way are disproportionately black opens you up to charges of racism, although I doubt that's you, you probably just haven't thought it through all the way, preferring emotion to logic.