If Mexico is such a wonderful country that we have have nothing to fear from open immigration, why is it such a terrible place to send these people back to live?
On the other hand, if Mexico is such a terrible place to live that people will risk their lives to get out, why shouldn't we at least check and see who is coming over so we can exclude people such as drug smugglers, gang bangers, terrorists and those who simply want to live off the taxpayers of our country?
You can’t have welfare and open borders. Even the hardest working illegal aliens will still use ERs as their primary care and many skip their bills. We know how that affects hospitals and health care costs. Others who aren’t inclined to work so hard, have no issues with using fraud to obtain benefits.