If the majority shared your concerns they would insist that their local law enforcement officials protect them.
I've never heard you complain about your local officials, only President Bush.
In Texas we created the Texas Rangers to protect us from border criminals, but all y'all can do is whine about the federal government.
You keep talking about the people of Cochise County being victimized by immigrants illegal alien lawbreakers
We do more than whine.
Our sheriff only has about 75 deputies and two groups of voluteer auxiliaries. Other police departments, about 200. About 120 Military Police. Another 200 "vigilantes". And 800 Border Patrol agents. Maybe 1,500 all told and all working together.
They caught 235,379 illegal scumbags in this county last year. That's like saying each one nabbed 157. But it still amounted to only 20% of those hopping the fence.
At least 40% of our sheriff's budget goes down the drain on illegal aliens. The State of Arizona refuses to take any action ("It's a Federal responsibility.") and the Federal government could give a rat's ass.
Remember the great Arizona Border Control Initiative? All form and no substance. It fizzled out before it ever got started. We got a token hand full of the additional agents promised. The additional helicopter assets never showed up around here. The two UAVs were kept in useless orbits 15 miles back from the border; no surprise -- the UAVs were shipped back to Israel as fast as the lease expired.
But we did get some of the portable surveillance towers. They get parked at odd places around the landscape, but since they're usually unmanned they just serve as high-tech scarecrows. And the coyotes know it.
Maybe you're right. We should just bury our dead, rehabilitate our injured, sell souvenirs and tacos to the mojados as they pass through and forget about it just like the dipsticks in DC. Excuse me, but I need to go buy more kool-aid.