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Here's an idea that the writer doesn't mention, but the constitution does. Use whatever resources are necessary to shut down the border. I don't want to hear how many agents we have added to the Border Patrol. Obviously it's not enough. I understand that the possibility of removing all the illegals from this country isn't going to happen, so come up with a plan to register these people as guest workers, but the bill also has to include throwing whatever resources are necessary to shut down the border as tight as a Tupperware bowl. If we do this, then anyone caught without the proper papers will immediately be deported with no chance at ever getting back into America.
As it stands right now if you are caught and deported, you can just traipse back across the border into this country once again because of our porous border policies.

I don't want to hear how many agents we have added to the Border Patrol.

We've added none. According to T.J. Bonner, President of the U.S. Border Patrol Council, the Border Patrol's budget was CUT and they lost 1,000 agents because of it. Add that to the attrition they've seen and we're LOSING GROUND. The President, his administration, and the Congress are NOT SERIOUS about controlling or securing the border. Their recent "crackdown" was smoke and mirrors right before the election and it is over now. I live a few miles from the border in Cochise County, Arizona - the most popular crossing point for border intruders - and I can tell you from direct observation that the stream of invaders is unabated.