Good reporting and a good read.
I would caution readers, though, not to too easily form a generic image of the Hispanic 'illegal alien'.
There is as much cultural difference from Mexicali to McAllen as from Miami to Maine.
Identifying any Hispanic alien with a particular stereotype is as foolish as associating a Roanoke good 'ol boy with a Bostonian street peddler.
Come through the legal entry points and you are welcome. One and all.
Cross elsewhere and you should consider yourself buzzard bait.