corbanzo. Never for a minute believe that Mexico supports the US on immigration, nothing could be further from the truth. It is a know fact that Mexican government officials "teach" those wishing to cross the border how to do so without being caught. The Mexican Army uses hi-tech instruments to determine where and when it is safest to cross at a location. This information is fed directly to the people who organize the trips. In addition, they print a book, and provide copies to those wishing to cross. The book provides information on best locations, best times, what to carry with you, what to do if caught, and how to effectively avoid detection.
Mexico has been burdened with prison overcrowding for well over 10 years, thus, a program was started to remove "HARD CORE" prisoners from Mexican jails, and assist them in crossing the border. One such felon raped a ten year old American girl in Washington state a few years ago, he went to court, was convicted, but released and deported with=in a year. He stayed over night in Mexico, crossed back into Arizona the next day, and a few days later raped and killed another young American girl. Mexican officials had encouraged him to return to the US.
Yes we do have a major problem, Mexico DOES NOT support us, there is no clear plan to correct the issue, and the fence is a joke. Initially, it may hurt this country economically, but the only effective way to correct the situation, and gain control of our borders is tighter border security, a process where the illegals can be processed, identified, and returned immediately without access to an immigration lawyer, who often delays the deportation for years while WE support the illegal, and his family. Then move to a sweep by law enforcement at all levels to round up the illegals currently here and return them to Mexico. Once the illegals have been eliminated, start an aggressive program to provide a temporary worker ID cards to those who qualify. Information on the card should be fed into a national data base, and made available to LEO at all levels. It would not be cheap, it would not be pleasant, but as I see it, short of a war with Mexico, it is the only way we can again gain control of this country.