Families get split because they get caught cheating the system. It may not be the best system, but the illegal one they choose is WORSE.  I'm not calling them lazy, and the blame I lay on them is by THEIR choice to cheat the system.Most of the greed and abuse done to them is by the transporter, and THEY are Mexicans.  Who steals their money? Coyotes.  Who rapes them? Coyotes.   Who leaves them stranded in the desert with no water? Coyotes. Further, back in the day, when I ran a Tree Service. The first 10 or 15 years I would occasionally drop by the Red Apple and pick up an hispanic worker or two. Great help, cheaper pay. (6instead of 8)  But I paid cash and I KNOW they didn't pay taxes. Then, almost suddenly, they quit working as soon as my back was turned.  I quit hiring them, it was too frustrating to have to keep an eye on them constantly.  The last 15 years went fine w/o them.