Newt mentioned just that by referencing Reagans attempt...
....We signed the "Simpson-Mazzoli Act".... Ronald Reagan, in his diary, says he signed it and we were supposed to have 300,000 people get amnesty. There were 3 million. But he signed it BECAUSE we were going to get two things in return...... We were going to get control of the border and we were going to get a guest worker program with employer enforcement....We got neither.....
So I think youve got to deal with this as a comprehensive approach that STARTS WITH with controlling the border
Yes, it has to start with controlling the borders.