Deportation. Nobody wins in 2012 without coming out in favor of it.
A support a path to deportation.
Do you really believe we’re going to go around and round up 12 million people and ship them back?
I’m not asking if we should, I’m asking if you think it’s even possible?
I don’t. The problem is and has been a failure to enforce the border. The idea of the US running around knocking down doors to nab people isn’t going to fly. I live in So. Cal and have to deal with the problem daily. It’s a major issue and nothing bothers me more than the immigration problem. The crime issue, the cost on social services, etc, etc. But the idea that we’re going to deport people is not going to carry the day in my opinion. At least not in the sense of some proactive initiative to root people out.
I’m sure I’ll get blasted for these comments. Blast away.
The govt. knew right immediatly Meg Whitman’s maid was illegal—they even sent Whitman a letter telling her so (the one being waived around by Allred). How? The SSN provided did not match the name.
You want to really cut illiegal immigration off at the knees? Pass a law that requires employees have a VALID ssn/name MATCH before any money is paid the employee by the company. No match, no money. That would cause illegals to start self-deporting pretty quickly.
Cheap, easy, and practical.
Notice that nobody is actually proposing anything like that? I’m convinced that the forces that benefit from the status quo are so powerful that they are preventing any practical solution. Build a fence—sounds great, but is it practical? Round people up and deport them—not even its supporters think it is practical.