I see it as wheat vs chaff, keep the good mexican workers and toss the thugs back over the border. As yet one sees a worldwide colonial backlash going on : from palestinians tunneling under israeli borders to algerians in france, turks in germany, pakistanis in england, to mexicans/south americans pouring into the US : the brown southern wave of cheap labor and fertile wombs burying the civilized white/european areas that originally conquered/colonized THEM.
We see them as an invasion threat, they see it as PAYBACK. Thus 911 was a wake up call, do we solve this WAVE with violence, or help them attain economic self reliance? How do you deal with burglars? How do you deal with poor people just trying to make it as individuals?
Mexico has nothing to pay us back for. Even the much-discussed Mexican American war was not a big deal. Since then we’ve had 100 years of peace with them. They have been free to develop their country, which is blessed with a wonderful climate, lots of natural resources, oil, and millions of hard working people.
The F’d up mess they have made of it is ENTIRELY their doing. Their hatred of us is resentment, the same resentment the not-so-pretty or smart younger child feels towards the football playing, straight A older brother.