Try crossing illegally into other countries and see where it gets you.
An average of one immigrant a day died last summer trying to cross illegally in this area - a record number.
In 1997 and 2004, nearly 100 people lost their lives trying to illegally cross the strait.
Shouldn't we be concerned that millions of people are crossing illegally?
Twenty years ago, fewer than 20 percent of the people crossing illegally were women, she said.
Several have illegally crossed the border from Mexico and drive without a license.
A poor person, he says, can only cross illegally.
Millions of people seeking work have illegally crossed over - about 150,000 last year - along the nearly 2,000-mile border.
The earlier figure would have allowed roughly the same number of workers who now cross illegally to obtain guest status.
He had illegally crossed the border into the United States two years before.