Thank you Silly, you corrected my most cogent point ...myriad. I'll try to be more careful in the future. BTW, 'ye' in my last post should be 'yes'. I hope I caught that before you did.

We all know that this is a problem with many causes and villains. It needs repair. Repairs don't always solve a problem completely in one fell swoop. But we have to start somewhere. Then we have to take the next step, and the next until the problem is under control. We don't cease prosecuting bank robbers because there will be yet other bank robbers to take their place...and other banks to rob, for instance. Why should illegal immigration be different from other illegal activities?