The answer is political will across the board.
We need something that is a sensible reform and bold.
I am not saying that your concept doesn't hold merit but think about the impossibility of getting those small changes enacted into law with the present Congress. I won't happen.
That is why W needs to take a step like I have suggested to remedy the mess that he has participated in.
“That is why W needs to take a step like I have suggested to remedy the mess that he has participated in.”
One problem: W doesn’t think he’s caused a mess!
I like your solution though. And if local cops were able to arrest illegals on the spot and send them to ICE, which would then deport them, it would only be a matter of time till they were all gone.
Imagine, Pancho leaves his 15 member “family” to go buy cigarettes at the local store, and gets caught up for a broken tail light.
Don’t pass Go, don’t collect $200, Pancho goes straight to a regional holding pen where he is processed and deported.
If he gets in touch with his “family” or not is just too bad.
They would leave en-mass.
Look, it's not "small laws" or "big laws" or any kind of law that's the problem.
The problem is elites don't want the problem solved. They want illegals here. And because of that, every "solution" they come up with, is twisted, convoluted, and hard to implement. And every elietist "solution" will include ways for the illegals to become legal. And that will be the only part that works - because it's the only part they care about.
If you reread my solution you'll see that it's easy, cheap and effective. It does NOT work to allow illegals to stay here.
If someone broke into your home - say a thief - and you wanted him to leave - you would work on solutions that got him out of the house - not ones that made it easier for him to stay.
You know that, right?