Mexico has quite a lot of oil. It is cheaper to buy it from them then it is to take responsibility for their 100 million poor people.
Just an Idea, Let's build a double wall out of Concrete topped with chainlink and razor wire and in between the walls put in land mines. Seperate Entrances points for people and trade goods. Mexican trucks deliver to the border warehouses, good are inspected and transportation into the country done by us truckers only. Create jobs, control the border and know who is in th ecountry.
To locate illegal immigrants:
Place a large fine w/jail time for companies who are employing illegals
Place a bounty on all illegal immigrants.
Parents of anychild born in the US must be US Citizens or Legal Documented immigrants.
Deportation cost and any medical or housing costs will be charged to the person Home Country.
All legal immigrants must check in with the local court house where they are living every 6 months or when they move, they must check in within 30 days otherwise deportation procedings will commence.
If US Citizenship is desired, this will not be a problem. The cost of freedom is to high to just give our citizenship away.
"At the forum called "China's Influence on Future of Mexico" held in Monterrey, a city in the north of Mexico, the ambassador disclosed that China had expressed its hope to import oil from Mexico. Mexico is not producing oil enough to export to China. But the National Oil Company of Mexico is considering increasing its oil output to meet the needs."