But the polemic that uses the term 'invaders' is toxic..and at least as much of a danger to our country as the illegal immigration issue itself.
Illegals sure don't show up in the top ten, probably not even in the top 20 of U.S. problems. "Toxic" polemic sure is tearing at the core of U.S. society, as it infuses it with, yes, "toxic" (well stated) hatred that is easily fungible and directed against whatever Other you can think of. I'd say, the two problems don't even begin to compare in magnitude.
At most, undocumented immigrants are a problem amplifier, or, to be more precise, a force that exacerbates domestic problems, such as an exploitative, plutocratic economy, an ill-guided "War on Drugs" that fills the coffers of cartels and enables them to buy guns by the shipload and legislatures and law enforcement departments on top of that, or the imperial mindset that breezily dismisses and passes over ravaging and destabilizing other countries, and then turns around and whines over the consequences thereof showing up on their own doorstep.
All told, the whole "Illegals! Illegals! Illegals!" propaganda is just another smoke screen thrown up to distract from the plutocracy robbing the country blind, and in significant part, thanks but no thanks to the close alliance with the wide and deep White supremacist undercurrent in U.S. society, it works like a charm (again, and again, and again).