Is this an actual, honest-to-God invasion by a hostile power? If so, then invade Mexico, get rid of the offending government, and create one more suited to our interests.
If it's just keeping people out of the country who shouldn't be here, then use the duly sworn civilian law enforcement agencies to do the job.
Make up your mind. Either do it right, or not at all.
IMO, Absolutely.
If so, then invade Mexico, get rid of the offending government, and create one more suited to our interests.
Let's take on one enemy at a time. Meanwhile the first priorities are to stem the tide of the illegal alien invaders at the borders and the mass deportation of the ones already here. I agree with you that enforcing penalties on businesses that hire illegals is one of the most effective ways to combat illegal immigration. No Jobs, No economic incentive to come here...excluding welfare.
Consider that the Mexicans have declared that they will regain the US Southwest. Everyone is aware of the political movement in Mexico and here in the US to achieve that end. Now for a bit of history lesson.
War can be and is fought on different levels, military, psychological, political and economic. We had an ongoing “cold war” with the Soviet Union for many years in the political, psychological and economic arena. We won by defeating them in the economic arena by causing them to spend themselves into bankruptcy to maintain their military equivalency to ours. Not a battle was fought.
The Mexicans are waging war with masses of their people (unarmed combatants) swarming across our borders to populate our States to the extent of them becoming a majority. In the meantime they are draining the resources (economic warfare), overwhelming the infrastructures (economic warfare), changing culture and language (psychological warfare) and by becoming the majority, will elect even more Mexico friendly and open border proponents to the various legislative bodies (political warfare).
One morning you and I will wake up and see that the Southwest US is MEXICO, if not de jure then de facto.
Maybe that is not an invasion by a hostile power in your book, it is in mine.
If it's just keeping people out of the country who shouldn't be here, then use the duly sworn civilian law enforcement agencies to do the job.
It is very evident that civilian law enforcement is not up to the job. When the border control was called upon to do checks at border crossings and to perform cursory patrols along the border to chase back or apprehend an occasional trespasser they did the job quite well. Now they are overwhelmed even if using the conservative figures published.
It is not a matter of an occasional Mexican sneaking in to get a job or even bringing in his family, it is a concentrated effort orchestrated by Mexican officials to flood our country with their nationals for the express purpose of reclaiming sections of the US. It is happening before our very own eyes yet most everyone is either too blind or naïve to see or too self absorbed to care.
When George W. Bush was sworn to the office of President of the United States, he swore to uphold the Constitution and to protect against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Mr. President, do your duty!