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.
If they deported all of the illegals in that area it would be empty.
Nothing of consequence is being done.
To say otherwise is either ignorance or dishonesty.
I used to work in that area. We all carried our guns in our hand entering and leaving the office. It was nothing out of the ordinary to see crime scene tape around a dead guy in the mornings.