“It’s even more problematic than that. Not one of the “round ‘em all up and deport them now!” crowd can put forward a workable plan to do so under the following realities:
* The plan must not infringe civil liberties
* The plan must ensure that not one U.S. citizen or legal resident is accidentally detained or deported”
I don’t think there is a “round ‘em all up and deport them now” crowd, or it’s a very small crowd. That’s mostly an invention of anti-enforcement/pro amnesty types which they use to smear those who think our laws should be enforced. The practical approach most all pro-enforcement advocates support is:
1. Secure our borders by all means needed including fences/physical barriers.
2. Strictly enforce of the law against employers who hire illegals.
3. Allow a natural attrition or self-deporting to progress as much as possible, and enforce the law whenever illegals are encountered during routine law enforcement.
The deport them all approach is just a canard used disingenuously by those who don’t want the law enforced.
The original reply that kicked off that conversation was:
They say we can not round up these people and ship them out. BS just do it.
I don't know where you've been reading, but I see this type of thing all the time at FR -- there is a significant mindset out there that will accept nothing less than mass deportations, regardless of the feasibility or practicality of how it could actually be done.
Now maybe it's a very small (but noisy) minority, but that sentiment is out there. It's not an "invention of anti-enforcement/pro amnesty types." As for myself, I'm in favor of strong enforcement measures and against what is commonly called "amnesty" (I'd be in favor of what could be considered a "limited" amnesty that says that the illegal entry would be forgiven/not considered if they leave the country and re-apply through the normal immigration process).
Deporting them all is exactly what we would do if we were enforcing the law. The law calls for them to be deported. If you don't want them deported, then you are the one who doesn't want the law enforced.