Yeah, make living here cost something. Kind of like it does for actual citizens.
Yep. Not to mention that it would be much easier to implement than a wall. In fact, forget the wall and just end the entitlements and while we're at it, start cracking down on employers who hire ILLEGALS.
"That's a step. Now end the free healthcare, schooling, food stamps, housing and every other freebie that these ILLEGALS get."
Let's not forget that part of the solution starts at home. As long as State and liberal local Governments insist on doing stupid things, like giving illegals valid State driver's licenses. Once you have a valid ID, half the battle is won.
There isn't much that the Feds can really do to stop the flood of illegals across the border, as long as Localities all over the country continue to create magnets of freebies for illegals that just draws more and more people over the border. A lot of the problems for you land owners on the border in Arizona are the direct result of the actions of cities like San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle; and many points in between.
All politics is local...
Yep, a few more steps needed but this and a fence make a good start. And I mean a real fence, more like a 8 meter high wall backed by roads, then another 8 meter high wire fence for good measure.
Re - benefits: The courts won't let them - stop the bennies.
Not gonna happen anyway - if they won't drill in ANWR, they sure ain't gonna push a Constitutional Amendment against anchor babies.