You are beating your head against a brick wall. There are ideologues on both sides of the political spectrum, whether they are paleo-cons or left wing anti-war zealots. They provide the evidence that the political spectrum is not a straight line, but a horseshoe, with the far left and far right closer to each other than they are to the middle. Their positions of isolationism and do nothing foreign policy are eerily similar.
Illegal immigration is a problem, but it is far more complex than the simplified put the military on the border approach. It has economic, social and political implications, not just nationally, but internationally. Short of building a Berlin Wall, with machine gun turrets every one hundred yards and bunkered border crossings, on the southern border, illegal immigration is going to occur.
It is the ideologues of the left that have led to the democrats loss of electoral power, make no mistake, the same can occur to republicans at the hands of the ideological right. The real key to political power in this country, like it or not, is the political middle. Right now, the political middle lies on the conservative side of the spectrum, but should policies initiatives get to radical, that political middle can easily shift the other way. Political reality requires a lesser of two evils approach while continuing to speak out in opposition to positions you disagree with. A vote for the 'high ground' or 'conscience' can often leave you with the worst of two evils. Of what good is one's vote of conscience if it leads to worst of two evils ? What good is one's integrity ? One's 'integrity' and 'good conscience' have led to a worse situation.
It's a game of political reality versus entrenched ideological idealism. The beauty of a free country is that ideologues, left or right, can speak their mind and express their opinions, they often go wrong when they think that freedom of expression includes freedom from criticism.
"You (Dane) are beating your head against a brick wall."
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Beating one's head on a brick wall is as frutless as walking down a road that leads to nowhere.
Short of dawn-to-dusk curfews and a massive police presence on every street corner, gang violence is going to "occur". Is absolute full compliance your only criterion for whether or not to enforce the law against something? Are you a closet anarchist?