Go hang around the Bellaire and Hilcroft intersection at night.
You will see more than you bargained for.
I lived at Chimney Rock and Gulfton...I understand what you're talking about...my point is this is not lawless Mexico.
These people end up being arrested for one thing or another, incarcerated or deported depending on citizenship...the law doesn't look the other way as it does in Nuavo Laredo. Yes, we all want to say "off the top of our head"..."nothing is being done" but that is a myth.