Such immigrants would still face other headwinds, such as being deported if arrested or caught, being unable to work most jobs, denied access to many social ser

Such immigrants would still face other headwinds, such as being deported if arrested or caught, being unable to work most jobs, denied access to many social services, etc. ICE orders against them can also close doors in the future. Border guards found to have immigrated illegally as unknowing children have been stripped of their jobs and faced deportation. While not an iron curtain of 5m+ cement walls and machine guns, that's hardly what I'd call undefended. Also, being a nation of (almost exclusively recent) immigrants I find this 'replacement' retoric hypocritical and ironic.