[unspun]

It would be cutting off one's arm, to campaign for border security as Huckabee has -- and to even espouse sending all illegals back, then sending them to "the end of the line," and then reverse that when President.

It would also be, for a cynical President, unnecessary to reverse.

[nicmarlo]

I agree with what Tom Tancredo has said all along.

You deport illegals when arrested, ALL of them.
You make it unpleasant for employers to hire them, quickly, ALL of them.
You get information to employers, quickly, as to who of their employees does not have proper identification.

In other words, enforce existing laws and it will cause illegals to leave on their own accord (as it now happening in Arizona).

You don’t instruct ICE to ignore illegals who are arrested because “they aren’t committing” some other crime than “merely being here illegally.”

You don’t reward them, either, for being here, and have taxpayers foot their welfare, housing, education, medical costs, and never-ending incarcerations.

It’s not an either or proposition. It’s “enforce existing immigration laws” and ensure that funding is there to do so. Of course, this may mean that less money is sent to fund silly programs, the UN, or other anti-American activities.