You've succinctly described why many on the left detest the Democratic party and refer to them as controlled opposition. To further add to what you said let's remember Democrats had a full 2 years under Obama, who promised immigration reform, to do something about the issue and they ultimately kept the status quo. The Neo-Liberal wing of the Democratic party are not all that different from the Classical "Moderate" Republican and thus are just as beholden to corporate interests and having millions of undocumented workers that can be exploited benefits corporations. Giving them a path to citizenship is not in the interest of these corporate donors nor is deporting all of them, which is why Trumps mass deportation quickly abandoned going into certain areas.

Immigration reform was popular even back in the Obama years amongst all Americans and yet nothing happened. Even last year as Trump was talking about Haitians eating peoples pets, when folks on both sides were polled the issue remained popular.

One positive of all this is that more Americans are now actively seeking alternatives to both parties which might result in us finally shifting the Democratic party left, and those leftists having real power, instead of our current situation where both parties act like right leaning parties but the Democrats pay lip service to leftists ideals.

I could quibble on some of the stuff you said here, namely how a lot of what ICE is doing isnt legal at all, but I wont.
 

To give a concrete anecdote on how corporations exploit this labor and how now even under Trump and his calls for mass deportation the government protects it let's look at a hotel and resort company called Westgate. They are a resort and timeshare company worth billions who operate a bunch of vacation resorts in my state of Florida.

Everyone here knows they contract undocumented immigrants for the majority of their labor, from laundry, to cleaning and janitorial and even front desk staff. To get around labor laws here what they do is contract out to these smaller independent companies who then in turn higher undocumented immigrants. So technically Westgate doesnt hire any of these folks.

These smaller companies will often shut down and reform under new names every so often in order to avoid regulations themselves. This is how Westgate Resorts fills its labor needs.

Everyone who lives near a Westgate resort and knows people who work there knows this. I personally know multiple undocumented people that have worked there. They even bring in things like check cashing vans on paydays so immigrants can cash their checks on property since many dont have bank accounts. Its the worst kept secret.

Now guess how many ICE raids there have been at Westgate Resorts. If you guessed Zero, you were correct.
 

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Tobold: "A number of studies have shown that once you correct for socio-economic factors like poverty, immigrants are no more likely to be criminals than natives."

Which sounds nice on paper but fails to acknowledge reality.
Because how many immigrants ARE actually poor compared to natives?
It is rather pointless to say that poor immigrants and natives are equally criminal - when the chance to be poor as a native is rather slim while one of the main motivations for immigrants is poverty.