I listen carefully, and I have noticed that. I'm okay with starting by deporting all newly arrived illegals and all criminals, followed by those on welfare. After that, it will get harder. We need a proposal with enough public appeal and either logic or compassion to sell.
That's why I like President Trump's idea of touchback amnesty. Make illegals all go home to get legal status, with no guarantee that it will be granted. Then those who learned English, who worked productively without any criminal record, and who never used welfare could be given an advantage when applying for legal entry. Conversely, anyone who had to be deported should automatically be barred from legal entry forever. That carrot and stick combination should be enough for them to self-deport.
There really would be a demand for foreign workers if we got rid of the illegals, so the offer of an advantage for legal reentry would not be an empty promise. We could also finally have room for legal immigrants who play by the rules and waited far too long for approval. I don't want to replace every illegal who leaves, but I do want a functional legal immigration system so that the next corrupt democrat in our White House cannot open the floodgates for illegals so easily. I want Congress to decide on the numbers for foreign workers and for immigration.
As long as our population is not declining what need is there for any immigration? The current population is now three times what it was when I was born.