The border is important, but 40% of the 12 to 20 million illegals here came here legally and overstayed their visa. Fixing the border only solves part of the problem.
I don’t disagree with you. Secure the border first, then crack down on employers so that it’s harder and harder to find work as an illegal (and, of course, deport criminal aliens first). Only after years of such activity MIGHT we talk about some sort of amnesty for the most “useful,” least blameworthy of illegals. But Linda Chavez wants amnesty yesterday, today or tomorrow, never mind the absence of any of these things to prevent another 20M from flooding in once the economy here improves.