Who comes first? The chicken or the egg?
The presence of illegal aliens comes first
sure we are a wealthy country and shoeless mexicans want to come here
but if the federal government protects the border and deports illegals as soon as they discover them the damage to American workers is slight
The law gets in your way.... Change the law, through congress, or reneging from treaties or agreements, and we wouldn't have to take in, asylum seekers, and give them their day in immigration court, for refugee status.
So far, that hasn't happened.