Ignoring it won't make it go away. Place after place - even far from the border - has overstuffed schools with ever-more trailer classrooms no matter what tax referendum the sheeple pass because of it. This is the point where it affects middle-class families most in quality of life - not just in high taxes. It puts a huge quasi-tax on families in some areas by forcing near-universal middle-class flight to private schools.
However, place after place is also seeing immigration take over local welfare caseloads - even far from the border. Place after place - even far from borders - is also seeing immigration put ruinous burdens on hospitals.
The GOP elites ignore this issue at their own peril - as social conservatives no longer will support a party that doesn't support us; we will vote Buchanan or just not vote for president at all in 2004 if the party doesn't stand by us.