You nailed it...This problem has gone unattended for so long that now both parties are prostituting themselves for this monstrous voting block.
The last chance to stop this tidal wave was Prop 187, which the libs had overturned.
I fear you are right. The coalition of D 'ghetto builders' and R 'cheap labor' advocates is sufficiently strong to prevent any real border security. On this one, the citizens truly do not have a place at the table. And that's why the debate is getting so strident.
True border security now (a fence if needed) would solve most of the problem. Over time, the difficulty of getting over the border would make coming here and staying here a lot less attractive. It would halt the invasion in its tracks. And it would give us time to work out a solution for the current illegals who remain.
Unfortunately, the open borders coalition wants the opposite result--a form of amnesty (making coming here more attractive) and symbolic-only border security. That's the solution we reached in the 80's (the amnesty program) and I have no idea why anyone thinks it will work better today than it did over the past 22 years.
"You nailed it...This problem has gone unattended for so long that now both parties are prostituting themselves for this monstrous voting block."
If there was ever an issue to pound the idea for term limits this is it. These self-pandering overbloated egoist DC pols don't have the best interests of the American people in mind (except a few)