Forget all the sentimental blather and look at the costs of illegal immigration.
There are about 127 million people in Mexico and at least double that in all of Central America.
How many do you think want to come to the U.S.? How many of those are uneducated and untrained in any occupation?
Sure, we can use some untrained people in the fields, but we're more likely to need fewer people for everything as robotics and Artificial Intelligence mature.
Americans currently are not taxed to provide all the education, medical care, incarceration and social services to cover all of Central America. I don't know if there's even enough money if we all were paying 90% of our income.
Yet, Democrats want to abolish ICE and have open borders.
Here's a link to an article that gives some numbers
The cost of illegal immigration to taxpayers is growing at an unsustainable pace | TheHill.
Just use some common sense, people.