I sympathize. But our more recent history shows that we so often get saddled with the dire consequences of victory over our enemies.
We are not talking the middle east here, if that is your reference. It would be cheaper to build the infrastructure in Mexico to handle the poor and displaced civilians. As far as the cartels, complete annihilation, genocide if you will of anyone associated with the cartels. Of course, that would be awkward for many in our government who obviously collude with them.....