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Yes, that's close, but I also said that I wasn't strongly rejecting your advocacy of turning up the heat on employers. I think it could still be done in the context of a guest-worker program unavailable to illegals. The way it could work would be to enact the program, and at the same time (or sooner) conduct a strong show of force along the border, and then about six months later (to give employers time to start replacing their workers with legal ones), start putting the squeeze on the employers. First target the ones who are dragging their feet the most, so that they all have an incentive to pick up the pace.

The way it could work would be to enact the program, and at the same time (or sooner) conduct a strong show of force along the border, and then about six months later (to give employers time to start replacing their workers with legal ones), start putting the squeeze on the employers.

And that would give illegal immigrants a 6 month "window" to get here. And they would come in droves.

Better would be to have a program that starts with the employers. Set up a guest worker application process, and tell the employers that they have 2 weeks to either sponsor their illegal employees for guest worker status, or fire them and hire legal workers.
There won't need to be "a strong show of force" at the border.