The point was that you basically advocated repeating the 1986 Amnesty Act. Which caused more problems than it solved.
The Dems in office had no intention of enforcing border security back then - Reagan was promised it, but was lied to. Now, the Dems AND the majority of the Republicans have no intention of enforcing border security. There’s no chance it would happen once 20+ million illegals are amnestied.
But the main point that open borders advocates like you ignore is that we don’t need to ship one illegal back. Enforcing existing laws punishing employers is all we need to do. When the jobs dry up and the free handouts are minimized, the illegals will self-deport. They managed to get here, they can manage to get back, I’ve no doubt.
The main failure of the 86 act was not the act but the failure of follow through on the boarder. These are two related but separate issues. Lock down the boarder. Do it now. I am all for it and then some. That in now way answer the question of what to do with those here in a logistically plausible way.
There is every possibility that a number of illegals will self deport, but don’t bet on it to any great degree. Our economy is in good shape and there are jobs out there in a lot of places. maybe separating out the one who draw on the system vs. those that find work and have that ethic will trim the numbers enough and be at a pace where we can send some back.
All I know is that there is no way in hell to give back 12 million people. Period. Cannot be done in the current political and technical environment.