We are going to disagree on this point. While americans along the border must surround their homes with 10' fences and barbed wire just to keep from being raped, robbed or killed in their own homes by folks coming across the border it is NOT a minor problem. While 95% of the outstanding warrants for MURDER in LA County are for illegals, its not a NUISANCE... Its pure unadulterated lawlessness because our government will not do its job.
It doesn't matter whose in charge, because we have no nation if our government will not secure its own borders. If the Republicans and those like you are just going to say, "Give up, its going to happen and we aren't going to stop it"... you have no nation left, just a temporary destination... Sorry, Republicans pass on this issue, the pass on the right to lead.
Not to mention the ability to lead. If these demonstrations we've been seeing demonstrate anything, it's that these people will not be Republican supporters once they have the ability to vote.
I do not believe 95% of the outstanding murder warrants are for illegals. Sorry.
This issue has had its importance exaggerated only as a means of attacking the GOP for not producing miracles.
Illegal immigration was NOT an issue the last two elections and was so far down the Major Problem screen as to be unnoticed.