What I’ve been saying is build a fence first and start enforcing the laws. Then we can debate what to do with people already here. But when the patient is in critical condition, first stop the bleeding.
What Trump has done is to change the narrative that if you don’t support open borders and amnesty for all you are outside the mainstream.
The wall, and strict enforcement and penalties for hiring illegals would turn this around. Then charge the Mexican govt $100,000 for every illegal we deport.