I can't believe you said "get our dick out of thier mashed potatos", but it makes a good point.
Living in AZ for two years gave me a harsh perspective on the illegal immigrant thing. I know, personally, FAR too many people whom, for example, had their vehicles plowed into by a person who had no insurance, didn't own the car they were driving, and turned out to be an illegal immigrant. There's nothing that anyone could do for them, and they were most often stuck with a jacked up car, and no money to fix it, due to the fact that an illegal immigrant, obviously with no license or insurance, T-boned them at an intersection.
It's just a single example of an occurance that happens DAILY in the greater PHX area, but that and a multitude of other instances have given me a negative stand-point on this particular topic.
I'm sure you all understand!