I'm with you on that one, brother. I love our friends to the south, but I love them to stay on their side of the line. It gives me the hives for politicians to act as if illegal immigration were some kind of unstoppable force of nature, when a little more seriousness in border policing is all it takes. All it takes to effectively police the border is a clear decision to do so.
Just as an aside, pre-Chavez Venezuela tended to be sympathetic to us and our illegal immigration problem, because fairly large numbers of Colombians work illegally in Venezuela. Venezuelans resented it. Road-blocks and mass roundups of Colombian (and other) illegals were common. No one thought anything of it. No papers? In the bus, now.
Brazilian miners who crossed over into the Venezuelan Amazon were executed on the spot. Yikes.
It would appear there is an agenda other than Common Sense ad the Will of the People in play here. BTW Has anyone ever tried to Immigrate to Mexico or buy property their? All virtual impossibilities without great expense and risk.
If you are an Illegal there and working it's prison for you full stop - And not the relative spas ours are. Yet another indicia of the gross inconsistencies between US and Mexico with the US at a disadvantage in all areas..