That sentiment is a loser and no one who listens to public consensus (outside the echo chambers of fr) believes otherwise. There are many conservatives who DON'T think that the primary method of dealing with this is as a law enforcement issue. It has law enforcement ramifications, but that is NOT the core of the issue. Rather it is a markets issue, and we are sick and tired of the Buchanan/Tancredo crowd acting as if any other approach than mass expulsion and militarization of the border is "selling out America" "welcoming the invasion" or other such silly, silly, name calling. Add to that the vicious and hateful remarks that surface here in the immigrant threads, plus the hysterical fluttering over irresponsible tabloid articles like the recent crap about the "Amero," and we have a mirror image of the loons at DU.
My point in this thread was that many in the Tancredo caucus are NOT "law enforcement first" (or "law enforcement only") people. They, and I, are willing to adopt a wide range of methods, including more open entry, as a solution to the problem of having so many people here illegally. Just because they are in Tancredo's caucus is no reason to label them as members of the immigration goon squad.
You said it exactly, thank you.