If your only interest in being in north america is because you can make money and you want to keep all your language ,culture and don't want to be part of our country why should you have the same rights as someone who wants to be part of our culture ,learn the language and make our country their home.
Unsub, I believe the answer to this is that people fundamentally want to eat their cake and then still have it. I also would submit that some of the governments south of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California have a vested interest in having their citizens go abroad and earn money that is sent back home. It relieves the domestic economic pressures, and keeps the citizenry from revolting.
That said, I think that the illegal immigration debate in the U.S. (I can't speak for Canada) is a bit more complex than is presented in the 15 second sound-bites used by the media and politicians.
