The New York Times offers the unsigned editorial "They Are America". It takes up two whole screens, and pointing out all the problems in it would extend to novel length. So, let's look at just the first two paragraphs:

Almost a year ago, hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers and their families slipped out from the shadows of American life and walked boldly in daylight through Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, New York and other cities. We Are America Alliance their banners cried. The crowds, determined but peaceful, swelled into an immense sea. The nation was momentarily stunned.

1. Many or most of those marching weren't "immigrants", they were foreign citizens who were here illegally, aka illegal aliens. And, all the marchers were marching in support of illegal immigration.
2. Those banners saying "We Are America" were actually supplied by the eponymous group at the link above. One of that group's members (CHIRLA) has allegedly collaborated with the Mexican government. Another (NCLR) funds extremists.
3. Any march of hundreds of thousands of people is a show of physical force, whether they march peacefully or not.
4. Many people were indeed stunned to see foreign citizens marching in our streets, waving the flags of the countries of which they're citizens.

A lot has happened since then. The country has summoned great energy to confront the immigration problem, but most of it has been misplaced, crudely and unevenly applied. It seeks not to solve the conundrum of a broken immigration system, but to subdue, in a million ways, the vulnerable men and women who are part of it. Government at all levels is working to keep unwanted immigrants in their place — on the other side of the border, in detention or in fear, toiling silently in the underground economy without recourse to the laws and protections the native-born expect.

1. The immigration system is not "broken". What's broken is the enforcement of our current laws.
2. One of the government's main functions is to keep illegal aliens out of the country, something that our leaders have intentionally failed to do.
3. All residents of the U.S. are covered by various laws and protections, even illegal aliens. By using the phrase "native-born", the NYT is trying to imply that naturalized citizens and legal immigrants are in the same position as illegal aliens, something that is self-evidently false.
4. The New York Times has continually supported illegal immigration and has enabled that "underground economy" to blossom. If they were resolutely opposed to illegal immigration - for instance by exposing those who support it instead of enabling them - they could reduce the abuses they complain about.

We will always have laws against illegal immigration; those like the NYT who refuse to see any distinction between the different types of immigration and who support illegal immigration through other means are partly responsible for any consequences.