When operation wetback was implimented an estimated half left on their own rather than face deportation. If we target crimminal employers and purge illegals from welfare rolls many will leave. Then we build a wall and increase border patrols.
Exactly. The "we can't do it" mantra of the pro-illegal apologists is code for "I don't want it done." If we just strengthen sanctions on employers and actually enforce those sanctions, the majority will leave because they have no reason to stay.