Well, the protecting the borders and all that implies is a very difficult problem. What folks on the extremes whether left or right fail to recognize is that there is no magic solution to this. I suppose that is why I see a comprehensive solution as the most practical starting point.
It is a major league "up yours" to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to America legally ..... learned the language, laws, culture and most likely worked their bodies into the grave trying to make their way.
America is not the Jesus experience - a new life here should not be free.