There is a simple way to stop the criminals.. both the ones who cross illegally and the criminals who hire them.
and.. as moot says.. there are millions of good, talented people waiting to become legal citizens.
as for picking fruit? are you guys really that young that you think illegals were the only way it was ever done? the brasero program bussed brasero workers.. only workers.. no kids. and the farmers put them up on the land.. no schools no nothing.. they were housed and fed by the farmer and at the end of a few months season they were bussed back with a big fat paycheck.
My girfriend is a legal citizen of mexican decent. she hates illegals.. she flys an American flag.. she curses people who fly a mexican one here.
If you are sympathetic to illegals.. she, and her friends and family think you are an idiot and unamerican.
lazs