Not if the president and executive branch refuse to enforce immigration law, as has been the case at least since Reagan. The feds refusal to enforce the law allows cities to follow their "sanctuary city" policies of ignoring illegal aliens in their jurisdictions.
And that’s the real scandal here. The feds have to step up and do their job. It doesn’t do us any good if one city enforces it and another does not. If one state fails to enforce it, the chain is only as strong as the weakest link.
This is why it’s a federal issue at the core.