The immigration problem in the USA is because we are GREAT. The Statue of Liberty is our avatar. The current events are not unique. The publicity regarding them is politically motivated and directly related to the Mariel Boatlift of 1980. As a major news story the boatlift got a lot of attention. The story was Castro was releasing criminals and insane people from his jails to save the Cuban economy. We still believe this is being done by every country. Border control becomes a national emergency. This is not true. Congress, both parties, are guilty for not finding solutions to the thousands of families trying to move to AMERICA. The criminal element of immigrants is statistically about the same as any USA region. Lying about it becomes political. Lying about it gets votes.