Columns such as this certainly do not promote a favorable view of illegal immigrants. In fact it tends to make me want to see them FORCIBLY DEPORTED.
Deportation is futile without a wall. (And even with a wall, there are always ladders and tunnels - four of which have been located in Arizone since June.)
Some pertinent data to this thread.
In 2006, 173,753 Mexicans obtained legal Permanent Resident Status in the United States. That is by far the most new legal residents from any nation on earth.
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2006/table03d.xls
Additionally, 83,979 persons from Mexico became Naturalized American citizens in 2006. Again, that is by far the most from any nation on earth.
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2006/Table21D.xls