You are very wrong!
My experience tells me I am not wrong. I could walk you around the area where I work and prove my point in 5 minutes by introducing you to many who fit the exact profile that I describe.
I also know many wonderful people from Latin America who love the U.S. and try to do the right thing. But in my experience this is the exception, not the rule.
How could any serious percentage of illegal aliens be in pursuit of the American dream, as Cruz said, when the great majority speak limited English and seemingly don’t care to ever improve. If you were coming here with the intent to pursue the ‘American Dream’, wouldn’t you do everything in your power to learn the language before you came and continue after you arrived? Am if I’m wrong, then why do clauses always show up in amnesty bills about learning English?
They’re not evil but they’re (not all) here for the same reason that our plotting politicians allow them to come and stay: Exploitation.