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But if enact a system of laws which rewards being here legally if they're needed and punishes them severely for being here illegally, then you've removed the incentive to coming here illegally.

Currently, we have a weak set of laws which provide little deterrent effect. If you're caught sneaking across the border, you're deported the next day. Repeat as needed until you're not caught.

Get caught in an interior city, spend a night in jail, and get a court date to show up for a deportation hearing. Skip, perhaps moving to another city.

Add to the fact that major cities often have a policy of not inquiring about citizenship status, or if accidentally discovering it, doing nothing about it.

There are a whole host of incentives and disincentives we could create to make illegal immigration the least desirable way to enter the US. Right now, it's the most desirable way.

"But if enact a system of laws which rewards being here legally if they're needed and punishes them severely for being here illegally, then you've removed the incentive to coming here illegally."

Already have the laws. Problem is it's the ILLEGAL (cheaper) labor that is desired and will continue to be so. The Illegal Alien does not care WHAT the law is. Period. They prove this by the millions, daily.

"Currently, we have a weak set of laws which provide little deterrent effect. If you're caught sneaking across the border, you're deported the next day. Repeat as needed until you're not caught.

Get caught in an interior city, spend a night in jail, and get a court date to show up for a deportation hearing. Skip, perhaps moving to another city."

If only there was a fence keeping most from ever getting across in the first place.