Please. Don't try to invoke David Ricardo.

It's much simpler than that. What we have is a nation to the south glorying in the usual economic results of socialist policies, that has discovered that it can export its poverty problems to America. On top of that, the illegals then send billions of American dollars back to Mexico while using absolutely zero Mexican infrastructure or resources.

For Mexico, what's not to like? Of COURSE Mexico will fight any restrictions at all on illegal immigration.

Add in the fact that we get a hell of a lot of our oil from Mexico, and you might start to see more reasons why illegal immigration has never been on the top tier of issues for either Democrats or Republicans.

Might be interesting to look up who is organizing all these protests. Sure as hell they aren't "spontaneous." Note also how the terms "illegal immigration" and "immigration" are deliberately confused, as well as the idea that control of illegal immigration would somehow drain America of Latinos.

Meanwhile, you can persist in hallucinations about businessmen all being Republicans.