Cue the usual band of Birkenstock-wearing bleeding hearts.. Those crossing the border illegally are law-breakers. Rather than be greeted with social welfare benefits for life, these people should be greeted by every gun-toting American available to defend the border. Given the growing invasion of illegals coming into Canada, perhaps our farmers and other rural people should be entrusted with defending our border with the U.S.. Clearly the RCMP and other so-called border security agencies have no intention of stopping the invasion.