I just always think it's funny when some say round-ups or deportation of any illegals would evoke some national outrage --- no one is going to care about deportations -- they don't care now and they're done everyday. Here on the fun border, you can watch Mexicans being chased down on your way to work -- and you can go downtown and see deportations take place all the time -- no one pays any attention at all.
I don't think too many people really care about the deaths in the semi trailers or train cars or the slow painful dehydration deaths in the hot deserts or the canal drownings --- or there would be some big outrage over Vicente Fox and his corrupt government which pushes this kind of thing. Maybe outrage only happens if it's our government.
There you go.
I think you make a fair distinction between armed smugglers, coyotes, and drug runners. They invite the use of lethal force.
Garden variety illegal aliens should be treated humanely, but should sent be packing.