How many? I serioiusly doubt that they are illegal. They would have a hard time getting a security clearance. They must also supply a SS number. So who is the one introducing emotionalism into this? How many "illegal immigrants from Mexico" are in our prisons?
Francisco Martinez Flores, a Mexican citizen who entered the US illegally at the age of 3, was a Marine with the 1st Tank Battalion who died in Iraq.
He had applied for and received a green card before he was allowed to sign up for the US military - the US military ensures that all foreign citizens that apply for admission to the armed forces first get all their paperwork completed for a residency application before they are inducted.
So who is the one introducing emotionalism into this?
My point was to defuse emotionalism: to point out there are people who come here illegally who are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for this country. They are not all drug dealers, or violent felons, or revanchist ideologues.
How many "illegal immigrants from Mexico" are in our prisons?
Quite a few. Yet proportionally a far smaller number than native-born African-Americans.
Not all negative cultural dynamics emanate from without our borders.