>>Anyway, we all know that a fence, a vigorously enforced fence, is the real answer to the illegal problem.<<
I don’t agree. I think either
1) employment enforcement or
2) Deployment of our military in large numbers at our borders and ports
is necessary to stop the invasion.
I talked to congressman Brian Bilbray’s staff about this. They are drafting a new “Enforcement First” bill with no amnesty for the House. They said that the Border Patrol people they talked to said thet they needed more BP agents, but even more importantly. they needed more internal agents (ICE, etc.). 20,000,000 illegals vs. 2,000 ICE agents is 10,000 to one.
A fence won’t do anything about the illegals already here unless they leave the country.
Agreed, but it's one thing at a time, and first things first. You can bail out the water, (deport the illegals), from the boat all day, but if you don't plug the hole, (the border), the bailing will be futile. The water, (illegals), will just keep coming back in.
I also agree with you on the employment enforcement. Making it illegal for business to hire anyone without a green card, and rigidly enforcing it with big fines, is an enormously important step. It would probably begin a massive self-deportation of illegals.