That's a false dichotomy followed by a false equivalency. Escaping certain death in Honduras to work as a bus-boy or entrepreneur creating 20 jobs isn't anything like robbing a bank. There is no process for waiting for bureacratic paperwork and understaffed consulates as one escapes a dangerous situation because American agribusiness encourages undocumented migration. In Mexico, the American meat-packing industry advertises wages in local newspapers to encourage people to migrate. Furthermore, only token raids happen near the five major meat-processing facilities because the corporations have a strong lobby.

Guest worker programs need to be readily-accessible.

If ICE/CBP really wanted to do their jobs, the State Dept would have sufficient capacity and outreach to process many more people however they come and reward people for becoming documented.

Criminalizing otherwise honest people escaping certain death or looking for seasonal work isn't either humane nor reflects well upon the country, it only benefits the corporate, for-profit prisons like NWDC run by companies like GEO Group.