Cameras don't lie, but the people using the footage do.

I prefer actual data. Which is available if you care to look for it (we've already done that for you several times).

They have been, are now, and will ever continue to be risking their lives to cross the border. It has ever been so. That's not to say I like it. It's just a fact. At least 70 years now (longer than I've been alive). At first they actually had some sort of migrant worker system (forget what it was called), but that changed maybe 50 years ago(??). Sano actually knows more about that than I do.

But it's been a constant stream, only interrupted a few times by major events (recession of 2008, COVID, etc). Until lawmakers start talking seriously about the border, instead of just delivering rhetoric, there's no point in worrying about it because nothing will change. Penalize any employers severely if they hire undocumented workers. That's pretty much the only thing that will stop, or at least slow down, the flow. Neither side of the aisle seems to like that idea.

I'm in a border state (AZ). I know what is going on. I know a few places I could drive to right now to pick up some day-laborers. The problem is not invisible to me. But all I hear is one-liners and rhetoric; nothing serious from anyone in a position to do anything.

That commie news source I use just published a piece about how the migrants are being exploited, specifically child labor...in this country. And they even refer to the border as "broken". Because they're a reliable source.

nytimes.com - Child labor migrants

Unaccompanied minors, Perdue and Tyson hiring migrant children, etc.

But can we get comprehensive immigration reform?? Nooooooo... The Republicans can't be seen talking to Democrats anymore, and so they resort to simplistic rhetoric ("build the wall") without any real change to how we do the policy. They can't give a Democrat administration anything resembling a win on this issue, and when they're in office they do very little.

As long as there is opportunity here, they will come. Especially when (for example, Venezuela) economies collapse.