Your view of south america its so blurry that its near impossible for you to make a accurate assumption on a land that you've never traveled nor will probably have any type of intentions on traveling or understanding in the future. You perception of a society outside your box called utah comes from the discovery channel from the assumptions your making ( People in south america strive to be drug dealers? you are way off). Now you partly blame immigrants on your declining education and moral values? This is a joke correct? Did CNN tell you this? Christianity is quite strong outside the USA ( its also thought in most public schools unlike America) and while some disagree with that particular religion it teaches people good values, the importance of a family structure , etc. etc.
PS: I never agreed on open borders.
Much like the rest of your assumptions, you're wrong, I don't live in Utah.
I get my information from a wide, wide range of sources, not from the talk box though. I'm also not saying that all people in those areas want to be drug dealers, but it's easy to understand why many would. It's the pinnacle of financial success in many of those places.
Since when does being Christian get you a free pass on being moral? The Italian Mafia were devout Catholics (in practice, anyway).
Although, I will give it to you that, other than Jamaica, I have zero intentions of going to anywhere in central or south America.
You're idea of a "solution" is immigration "reform." By reform, you mean that it should be easier to get into the US. Which is tantamount to throwing the doors wide open. Feel free to sugar-coat it however you want, but that's ultimately what it is.
Lastly, the illegal immigrants, who come from third-world countries, bring their third-world style of living here. Which does fuck with so many quality of life statistics. Or are you saying that Mexicans throwing their babies into dumpsters doesn't effect infant mortality numbers? Or that gangs like 18th Street (the largest gang in LA and with 65,000 members nationwide), made up entirely of illegals, doesn't effect crime rates?
Justify however you want.