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Trying to solve everything at once is called Comprehensive Immigration Reform. That is how the left gets everything they want with the eager help of RINOs. That is why every problem that needs addressing has been legislatively stalled since 2006 when the "immigration" issue first exploded as a political issue.

I won't participate in the McCain-Democrat flustercluck called Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The first thing that needs to be addressed is border security because it is a problem that goes well beyond illegal immigration. It's a national security problem first and foremost. The second most important issue regarding illegal aliens, regardless of how they get here, are the motivations for them to stay. Entitlements being the biggest motivator and jobs being the second.

Until the following things are addressed I will not entertain any discussion about "reforming" legal immigration.

Deport illegal aliens on contact with LE.
Vigorously enforce the law on employers of illegal aliens.
Build a border fence, use high-tech surveillance and fund adequate personnel to maintain security.
Eliminate entitlements for illegal aliens.
End the "anchor baby" policy.

Do those things and illegal aliens will deport themselves and pay for the trip.

After the majority of illegal aliens have self-deported the rest of the "immigration" problem will be an easy thing to deal with.

If you want a serious plan to address immigration, legal and illegal, here it is:

Principles

 Immigration to America is a privilege and not a right.

 Immigration policy is a discretionary policy.

 Immigration policy must promote the national interest.

I support a pro-immigrant, low immigration policy that contains the following elements:

 A merit-based immigration system that brings in the skills and talents to keep us competitive in the global economy;

Reduced immigration levels based on need and more closely approximating 300,000 legal immigrants a year vice the current level of 1.2 million;

 Elimination of extended chain migration, i.e., family reunification, limiting it to the nuclear family;

 Enforcement of existing immigration laws to reduce the current illegal alien population and limit future illegal immigration, i.e., attrition thru enforcement. Enforcement would include: (1) ending the job magnet; (2) increasing coordination at the federal level by eliminating barriers to information sharing among agencies; (3) leveraging state and local enforcement resources; (4) securing the border; (5) fully implementing the US-VISIT Program to track and deport visa overstays; and (6) make mandatory and improve such programs as E-Verify and 287 [g] authority to assist employers and law enforcement in identifying illegal aliens;

 Elimination of birthright citizenship;

 Elimination of the visa lottery program;

 Ensure that anyone who enters this nation illegally is not rewarded by being permitted to stay and work here, i.e., no amnesty;

 Streamline the processing and adjudication of immigration cases; and

Promote pro-immigrant measures that help newcomers assimilate and embrace the values and principles of our Founders and the Constitution.

“You cannot simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state.”-- Milton Friedman