[HiJinx]

I'll be the first to admit that the number of apprehensions is irrelevant due to several factors, not the least of which is that it doesn't have any relation to the number of intrusions.

But it is the one statistic that the BICE and news outlets have that is concrete. So they use it.

Yeah, I know, we're all hurting. And the hurt is economic, political, environmental, physical, and cultural. It spans the spectrum of all we hold dear, TC. Short of mining the border - a solution that cannot happen, IMHO, nor should it - we don't have a prayer of stemming the tide the way things are going now.

[TexasCowboy]

There is no easy answer, but what makes it hard for us is not of paramount consideration to our Congress critters.

We have compassion for the countless families struggling to get somewhere to make a decent living for their families.
If I were them, I'd be doing the same thing.

What Congress looks at is the cheap labor and easy votes available from the illegals.
Compassion doesn't enter into the picture.

As long as the people effected and Congress look at this problem from two different perspectives, there is no solution.