I knew an undocumented couple from Mexico living in the US.

[Warpy]

6. I understand immigration quotas, but only to a point

Labor unions in this country had a miserable time forming and making anything stick because of all the waves of immigrants coming in when we didn't have any quotas (except racist ones directed at Asians). Bosses didn't worry about strikes or pickets because there was always another boatload coming in through Ellis Island to break the strikes or beat up the pickets, they were usually that hungry. In that context, closing the wide open floodgates made sense.

Things have gone too far in the other direction. Now that we Boomers are retiring and dying off, there is a labor shortage in this country that is going to need to be filled and immigration is the best way to do it quickly enough to make a difference.

Republicans aren't going to answer the clue phone any time soon. We have to get our own party to listen.