I'll agree that we need to station massive amounts of federal agents along our southern border, be they Border Patrol or National Guard. I always thought it was ironic that people were objecting to using the National Guard to assist the Border Patrol, they're the "National" "Guard". I'd rather we didn't get to the point of having an iron curtain where people are shot and left to hang in the barb-wire ala East Germany. Granted those were people trying to get out versus in, but the pictures in the newspapers would look the same. This nation was founded by Christians, on Judeo-Christian values, I'm a Christian, and one of the admonitions of God in the Old Testament and Jesus in the New Testament was to help the poor and needy, not shoot them. I'm not going to get into a theological argument with anyone, but just remember: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."
OTOH, I believe that I got my point across that invasion of our soverign nation should be far more than a misdemeanor offense (like a traffic ticket)...
The penalty should be stiff and fearsome -- and certain -- enough that folks are deterred from making the attempt -- and such that they are not in the least tempted to do it twice.
I fear that it is going to take 'bodies on the barb-wire' to get the point across to the economic invaders that the attempt is not worth the price. But the US must stop the economic flow that is providing cover for the real invading terrorists.
This is not a peacetime situation. We are at war -- and misdemeanor arrest is not a weapon of war.