That attitude is realistic. I've heard this anti-illegal argument for decades now, and there are more of them here than ever.
The battle is against liberals, who would love to balkanize these folks and keep them socialist. Vs. making independent conservative americans of them.
Truth be told, I'd love it if they went home. But it just won't happen.
Watch and see.
In the mean time, we'd best make the best of the situation, which is what Bush has been talking about on this issue since he ran for office in 2000.
Polling seems to favor tough enforcement, but let's see what happens when aggressive arrests are shown on live TV, along with the constant drum beat of race baiting.
I must reluctantly agree with some here who think that we as a Nation don't have the political will to deport these people, and if we do, lets see Tancredo and those like him win Senate seats.
These people are criminals. When you give a criminal the vote, they ALWAYS vote liberal. Wise up now, or conservatives will not have any ground left on which to stand and fight within a decade.
Where to you live? I live in the middle of Mexifornia, I know exactly what the score is. You are right, most of the students are not going anywhere, because they are anchor babies! They are not illegal aliens, they are their children, and they have (Unconstitutionally) been given US Citizenship.
Now as for the illegals themselves, you are insane to want to keep them here. They will keep pumping out more anchor babies, who will grow up in the barrios and become reconquistas like all the Mexican flag wavers you see here. You would literally have to spend trillions of dollars to "assimilate them". You would have to give them an upper middle class lifestyle so they are not "oppressed". You would have to have an "anglo" around them almost full time to learn to become an "American".
The problem is, anglos are now a minority in California. So lets cut to the chase. Are you willing to spend half your income to assimlate all these anchor babies? Because that is what it will take.