[perfect_rovian_storm]

You are mischaracterizing or misunderstanding Fred Thompson’s position on illegal immigration. He did say that deporting all of them is unrealistic, but that is hardly the end of his position.

He is for securing the border before we do anything. Then, he is for enforcing existing laws, so the illegals go home on their own. Turning the water off so to speak.

[Bonaparte]

"You are mischaracterizing or misunderstanding Fred Thompson’s position on illegal immigration... Then, he is for enforcing existing laws, so the illegals go home on their own."

According to Thompson, I'm not "misunderstanding" him at all.

From his interview with Christ Wallace on Fox News, March 11, 2007...

WALLACE: Well, let me put up on the screen something that you said last year about illegals, and let's take a look at it. "You're going to have to, in some way, work out a deal where they can have some aspirations of citizenship but not make it so easy that it's unfair to the people waiting in line and abiding by the law."

Now, you said, "Look, it's just not realistic that we're going to round up 12 million people and ship them all out of the country."

THOMPSON: Well, that's true, as a general statement. We woke up one day after years of neglect and apparently discovered that we have somewhere between 12 million and 20 million illegal aliens in this country. So it became an impossible situation to deal with.

I mean, there's really no good solution. So what do you do? You have to start over. Well, I'm concerned about the next 12 million or 20 million. So that's why enforcement, and enforcement at the border, has to be primary.

On immigration, Thompson is a weak sister.

The way to get rid of these people is to shut down their biggest employers. That's right. Shut them down. Completely. One after another in quick succession. Serious prison time. Massive fines. At the same time, at least 20,000 troops on the border with shoot-to-kill orders.

That's how it's done.

Anything else is nonsense.