Priorities. I’m way more interested in getting rid of the people who came here recently—the women creating anchor babies, the young criminals, the real problems. I also think it’s easier on technical grounds to get rid of the newcomers than the ones who have been here a long time. If we can’t close and bolt the door, keep new illegals out, and chuck the recent arrivals out, we don’t have any chance of getting rid of the old-timers. We’re so far from doing any of this that the issue of longtime illegal residents is sort of a moot point.
You might be right but that’s not the way it would work in practice.