There’s a streak in Mexican culture that admires a strong man, a jefe (that’s ‘hef-ay’, for all the gabachos).
And they see a jefe bigtime in Donald Trump.
In contrast they have contempt for Republican hacks who suck up to them.
One of my friends (legal) has very close family who are illegals. He doesn’t get angry when one of them gets booted back across the border. It’s a risk they take. If anything he thinks we are fools for not enforcing our own laws.
Let’s hope that more and more Americans can honestly look at the truth :)