In "The Devil's Highway" by Luis Urrea, how and why do you think Urrea describes illegal immigration as "a game"?

In any
game, there are always two opposing sides; this is certainly the case in the area of illegal
immigration.

In the book, Urrea discusses how the Border Patrol agents (La
Migra) often find themselves at odds with the Coyotes (human smugglers) who facilitate the
migration of illegals across the Mexican-United States border. Urrea characterizes the conflict
between the Border Patrol agents and the Coyotes as a game.

While the
Coyotes aim to guide their charges across the border unseen, the Border Patrol agents are paid
to "see the invisible." In this daily game of cat-and-mouse, Urrea tells us that the
Coyotes "score" when they successfully guide their clients across the border. On the
other hand, the Border Patrol agents get to "score" when they manage to stop the
Coyotes on any given day. In this dangerous "game," there is a formidable referee, and
it is La Muerte (Death). Urrea describes Death as a "masked invader who regularly storms
the field to disrupt...