Illegal immigrants are by definition knowingly breaking a law, a rather uncivilized act. Kayakers or border hoppers, regardless of country of origin, are not behaving in a civilized way.
I am also a legal immigrant, and it was kinda easy being one because of the luck of being born in a particular set of circumstances. If someone is crossing a border because they are failing to feed their family without it, that's a highly civilized act. Please don't demonize people just because they life has been harder than you understand.
Sorry, where do people cross borders due to starvation? Not the US, certainly.
Judge not lest ye...
breaking a law is not an uncivilized act. Everyone breaks laws all the time