It is sad to see a simple issue tearing people, a party and a Country apart.
But then we are the "great experiment" of government and when viewed through the lens of human history are merely an upstart country compared to China, Russia and Europe.
Was it Franklin and said something about having a country if we could keep it?
People entering our country illegally (after all, that is the bottom line of this issue) and our resolution to it ("our" because regardless of who is running this country and whether WE voted them in, they are still OUR representatives, and WE are still Americans) will determine whether the "great experiment" fails or not.
I'm very afraid of how History will judge Us.
I believe it was a "republic" if we can keep it but you've got the salient point.