I have in fact spent time in Mexico.... Only once to a border city the rest in the better part of the country. I feel for the people who live there but a disarmed populace and a corrupt government means cartels rule. We cannot have a porous border with a country with a level of violence higher than Afghanistan or Iraq. The war on drugs is a failure and needs to be explored. You should spend some time in south El Paso and prove me wrong. Human and drug traffickers, kid nappers, gangs.