Oh, so America suddenly has the money and manpower to identify 20M illegals, grant them work visas, and ensure they come and go legally? Since when is it practical and logistically possible to do this, but not finish building 1900 miles of border fence?
Instead why not "put a program into place in which these individuals can be identitified" and then prevented from working in the US, receiving any social services, no public schools and certainly NOT in-state college tuition?
Combine that with cuffed perp walks and hefty fines on would-be employers and you begin a "NOT LEGAL = NOT WELCOME" self-deporation program.
Mmmmmmmm........Perry is getting good at reading Mexico's checklist: "Mexico's Demands From A Rick Perry White House."
Plus work visas do not prevent the border-violators from looting the US govt, and riding the US gravy train under multiple identities.
Yep, grow government more instead of enforcing the existing laws. Of course, nothing in the earth shattering plan of Perry’s solves the other areas that are being affected, such as healthcare, auto insurance, welfare, etc.