And yet, Ben, you seem quite willing to accept things as you think they now are (and as you think they were previously).
I'm not and I certainly don't "blame" you, but rather the politicians who have not funcioned to clear up the mess and of the illegals themselves who are knowingly commiting a crime. Those are the two areas to blame, I believe.
And, unlike you, I don't think "society" disaagrees with me - but more likely with you. We'll see how it all shakes down (and I'm sure we don't agree on that either). In the meantime, you might go immigrate illegally into Mexico and get a job so you'd have some first hand knowledge about illegal immigration and how our neighbor handles it. You seem to view it as some benign victimless crime.
Likewise, if the US had adequate immigration quotas and/or workable guest worker programs, there would be very little need for illegal immigration nor a desire for any one to illegally migrate here.
But we don't, so we do.
And of course, that is the heart of the issue. Whether we will, or whether we won't.