Your proposals are impractical, extreme and unwise. The ‘deport them all immediately’ is an impossibility (and used as such by the pro-amnesty side as a strawmna argument). Excessive force is cruel, inhumane and unnecessary; a strong, guarded, secure fence is all that is needed, no more no less.
And you cannot get Mexico to agree to anything except taking back her own. We are better off simply working with Mexico via (a) strong secure border fence and (b) immigration vias rules that limit every country of origin to 10% of total visas.
So you are left with a choice. Go along with Kennedy’s citizenship for all or find a *reasonable* alternative.
This is a solution most can agree with:
“Can there be a system that is both ‘in control’ of immigration and at the same meets the needs of would-be immigrants, employers, and the rest of us? If there is a solution, it is probably the following: First, secure our borders. Second, enforce immigration law in the workplace far beyond the current pitiful levels. Third, replace our current immigration system, tilted too far in favor family-based migration (known as “chain migration” to some), with a system that leans more towards employment-based immigration. With 1-2 million jobs created each year, if our current legal level of immigration were mostly employment-based, it would be more than sufficient to meet any supposed labor needs.”
Attrition would also successfully resolve the continuing U.S. illegal immigration problems.
Thanks for the input WOSG. I like to make an extreme initial stance on negotiations with tyrants so they will take notice. Then I can momderate my position to ‘give’ them and so they can ‘give’ me some. You think it’s cruel to deport all illegals? I don’t. If some of them have legals in their families, I say give them a choice: they can leave the legals here, or the legals can go with them! That way there is no mandated breaking up of families. Good luck finding out who belongs to which family anyway, the import types really believe in ‘it takes a village...’.
You don’t think the US can deport all the illegals? I do. Suire it would take some time, but it can be done. I think the main reason it isn’t being done is because of the lily livered cowards we have for politicians. They are afraid of setting off a civil war IMHO. Great, I say if this happens, then we will have even more reason to deport them. The illegals, too!