One of the main reasons that the Federal Government is ineffective at enforcing immigration law is because of California. Vehicle pursuits conducted by the Border Patrol to apprehend smugglers were effectively eliminated because of an incident that occurred in California. Ca is the bastion of anti-law enforcement political correctness. The idea of having a Ca Border Patrol seems like just another episode of pissing in the wind on the immigration channel.
I tend to agree with your assessment of the situation. We already have the laws in place to manage (if not stop) illegal immigration, they're just not enforced.
In Post 7 Reaganwuzthebest wrote: "States have been authorized to enforce federal immigration laws since 1996 as long as their police are trained. [the emphasis in bold is mine]
Trained by who, the Feds? Is there a training program in place and is it funded? What incentive is there for them to do this when for all intents and purposes they don't seem to want illegal immigration stopped?
I may be too cynical these days, but after almost 40 years of watching this travesty, I don't believe a damn thing will happen, except amnesty (with whatever name it's given).