I supported Trump wholeheartedly. In fact, he was the first (and so far only) political candidate I ever sent money to. I voted for MAGA and my idea of MAGA was that Trump, with the help of a GOP congress, could roll back decades of liberal regulation that has hobbled the U.S. economy. The little nickel and dime bureaucratic hoops to jump through that have built up over time resulting in an exodus of U.S. manufacturing. The petty little laws that Americans have to comply with, that do nothing but make our lives a little more miserable only to generate "make work" jobs for an increasing number government employees to ensure they're complied with.
Yes, I'd like to see illegal immigrants go homes well but there are certain realities in life and mass deportations of tens of millions just aren't going to happen. A multi-billion dollar wall isn't going to happen. Voluntary deportation is a realistic goal and we can do this just by making America an uncomfortable place to be an illegal immigrant.
This being said, "Build The Wall!" was a cornerstone of Trump's campaign and while I don't care if he ever builds one or not, I'm not blind to the damage that completely abdicating this promise would do to a large element of his base.
I’m in agreement with your assessment of the situation, howeer, I wish more of us had been winking back at him when he said he was going to build a wall. ;)
That is what some here have been trying to say for two years...it's NOT going to happen. It's just not.
Of course, the simple solution is so simple it's hard: Make employing illegals so costly that nobody from Wal-Mart to a single mom in New Hampshire would dare do it. Then make the process for coming back over to work legally a lot better. They would self-deport...tax revenue would increase...it would work.
But the chamber of commerce will have none of that...so it will never happen.