That is essentially our Republican Rep. Steve Pearce's position here in NM. He is the only Republican from NM in Congress and his district borders Mexico, but he wins re-election for a couple of reasons, the main one being that his district holds the oil and natural gas that provide good jobs and funds the state. All but the most jaded Democrats recognize that the Dems and enviros in the rest of the state would like to shut down the industry. When jobs are on the line, they vote for the politician who will work to keep their job.
Regarding illegals he recognizes they are here, currently working and that we will never have the will to forcibly send them back. So his solution is to give them a "red" card to let them work legally (and pay taxes), penalize the employers who have workers without "red" cards and paying them off the books. Up front he wants the Feds to secure the border and later, if they want to become citizens, they get to the back of the line.
Of course the Dems want citizenship for them only so they will vote for Dems to stay in power. It really is that simple.
“Regarding illegals he recognizes they are here, currently working and that we will never have the will to forcibly send them back. So his solution is to give them a “red” card..”
Then the treason lobby has already won.
All of these half measures just slightly delay full citizenship and the final transformation of the USA into a Latin American country.
Either find the spine to deport the millions of foreign nationals squatting here illegally or lie back and accept the amnesty that is coming.
There is no middle ground. The ‘middle ground’ is a win for the treason lobby and their amnesty clients.