In California and Arizona and coordinated 1075 Border Patrol agents, along with state and local police agencies, to mount an aggressive crackdown, going as far as police sweeps of Mexican neighborhoods and random stops and ID checks of people in a region with many illegals.
750 agents targeted agricultural areas with a goal of 1000 apprehensions a day. By the end of July, over 50,000 illegal aliens were caught in the two states. The INS estimated that 488,000 illegal aliens left voluntarily for fear of being apprehended. By September, 80,000 illegal aliens had been taken into custody in Texas, and the INS estimates that 500,000 to 700,000 had left Texas on their own.
To discourage reentry, buses and trains took many deportees deep within Mexico before releasing them. Tens of thousands more were deported by two chartered ships, the Emancipation and the Mercurio. The ships ferried them from Port Isabel, Texas, to Veracruz, Mexico, more than 500 miles to the south. Some were taken as far as 1,000 miles.
So experience shows that for every illegal alien caught and deported almost 10 other criminals leave on their own. We could make the job even more efficient by replacing the random stops with agents stationed at hospitals, schools and utility offices checking IDs.
To really make it effective we also need a real crack down on criminal employers and others who harbor and aid the illegal aliens.
President Eisenhower made it work. All that's needed is another president who takes his oath of office seriously.
We’re going to inter and then transfer 70,000 to 2 million people and the rest will just run away. OK. Good luck with that.