[kabar]

I totally disagree with you.....that is NOT what Romney said !!.

We will have to go to the transcript when it is available. In the meantime.

He said they register but that gives them no more priority or guarantee to stay or to be citizens ...including their children born here !!

He didn't say that he would change birthright citizenship. He did say, correctly, that it is up to the parents. What is the point/purpose of registering if you are an illegal alien?

It is the employers who will do the enforcement on illegals, under threat of fines & penalties ...you really think the government can do that ...or send them back !!

I favor attrition thru enforcement. The USG in coordination with state and local law enforcement officials [using 287 (g) authority] will still be responsible for deportation. Yes, the USG can do that and should do that. Moreover, since 30 to 40 percent of illegals come here legally using visas and then overstay them, we need the USG to fully implement the US-Visit Program to track and deport visa overstays. One of the things rarely mentioned by any of the candidates is the need to vastly increase and make more efficient the current USG bureacracy handling immigration matters. There is also widespread fraud in ICE.

[rodguy911]

287G(a law that allows locals the deal with illegals after taking certain courses) is the only answer,it’s the locals that really come in contact with the illegals much so more than the Feds, they need the ability to deal with them on the scene and not be hand tied by unnecessary bureaucracy.

[chiller]

Yessiree...attrition is key, along with closed borders. Until we see how many leave because they can't get jobs, we won't know what we're dealing with. It may not be a huge problem.

I hear reports that Windsor Canada is upset that so many illegals are headed their way.

W and Rove have wrongly supported agriculture and business' access to much needed and cheaper labor, but an accelerated LEGAL program could provide much of those workers, but again we won't know how many we need until attrition has occurred.