I understand the difference between the two groups (trafficked people and “plain vanilla” illegals); I just think the media is trying to meld the two to remove the latter from headlines.
In my area illegals have been given a de facto amnesty; I suspect that is the case everywhere (as police are prevented from enforcing any immigration law).
The media can try all they want, and people who don’t know the difference need to be educated by those who do. Here we know the difference, since some underhanded ranchers less than 100 miles to the north have been busted with trafficked workers as recently as late 2012-but no such thing since.
It is a shame you don’t live near the border-if you did the sheriff could bundle the illegals up and have them taken to the border by immigration-la migra, from whence they came.
I live out in the country, the nearest city is SA, and their farthest city limits are 35-40 miles and two counties away. There are no “cities” in this county-the largest community has less then 1000 people.
There is no amnesty here, de facto or otherwise-if you are a mojado and you are caught, la migra puts you in the green van, and you get taken back where you belong. With so few people, unfamiliar ones are easy to spot.