“There would be a system to track them and ID them and deport them. However, it is all useless unless we secure the border first. “
Nice try. Just bring this up draws ILLEGALS here, and believe me they follow our immigration debate even more than Americans. This country needs to speak with ONE VOICE, and that voice is that ILLEGALS will not be REWARDED with work permits (or any other benefits, for that matter)...that simple.
Work permits themselves are fine if done right, as long as the Illegals go home, and get in line behind the people that DIDN’T break the law.
i agree, no one should be talking about it until the border is secure, especially newt and his red card idea. However, I was a cop in both Texas and California, I know the fight, I know the true problems of illegal immigration and it's not them "stealing our jobs". It's describe the suspect: "5-9 120 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes". Then they run back to Mexico and then come back in a couple of weeks with a whole new name. There is no accountability for the illegals here or for the Federal Government and it is always the State and the citizens that suffer. We have to be able to track them and taking away the biggest reason to sneak in will help. Turning the border into a Military zone would help too and Perry is the only one running that has said that is what he intends to do.