and several of the things you note, Mick, deserve better replies. I'm not sure I can cover them all easily (you KNOW how I can't write a short answer to save my neck!) but..

"And Bill, are you suggesting that the latino population of this country causes the problems?" No..of course not. Many of them cause NO problems...but others do various things like hiding illegal friends & relatives. I don't think this is right, but it's not like robbing banks, either. What DO we do about this? How DO we deal with the strain on social services and schools?...and how DO we decide when the 'lifeboat' is too full?

You simply cannot pretend there is no problem, just because some of the attempts to deal with it are too heavy handed?