Mexico can change its image by becoming a friend of the US and stopping the masses from crossing the border into the US. Instead they help and encourage illegal aliens to enter the US.
This is a one-sided romance. The US loves Mexico and can’t do enough for them but Mexico hates our guts.
And one noticeable trend has been happening with illegal labor lately. They are upping their prices dramatically as they've realized they won't be deported anytime soon and have become accustomed to living in the U.S. without fear or the IRS investigating them for not paying taxes. I have heard this from farmers and people in the construction industry all over the mp. Moreover they are killing American's jobs by bidding lower on jobs because they can due to the fact that they don't lay taxes and get cheap labor from all the cousin Juan's that they help bring across the birder illegally to work here. That and by also stealing building materials off of job sites. I've had several buddies that have had to close down their construction companies because the can't compete with the non-tax paying Mexican crews.
So actually the conflict is between Americans and the Elites.
Mexicans are merely the weapon that is being used to destroy us. Left to our own devices we could neuter that threat in about 2 weeks, but the Elites do not want that.
Thus, the manufactured conflict.