[Poohbah]

Enforcing the law, deporting illegals who have been arrested, and restricting welfare will be sufficient enough to encourage many illegals to leave.

We try to do the first two. The problem is that we cannot do ENOUGH such enforcement to actually deter illegal immigration, absent a huge increase in the government payroll and the intrusiveness of law enforcement. Doingg the third will require some form of national ID--and that's another hot-button issue for conservatives.

This is an issue that cuts across multiple areas of conservative thought--enforcing the laws on the books vs. individual liberties vs. limited government spending--and does so in different ways on each major issue.

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

Thanks for the input. I wonder how much the government payroll is going to increase running a "bracero" program? Leave them illegal is all I gotta say.

Gotta go.

[LTCJ]

The problem is that we cannot do ENOUGH such enforcement to actually deter illegal immigration, absent a huge increase in the government payroll and the intrusiveness of law enforcement.

Heck, in theory we'd have to come up with a slew of new things like 20,000 unionized TSA employees, Patriot Acts, CFR restrictions, 30% increases in descretional spending...

THEY could never happen!

Thanks, FRiend. Reading this honestly gave me the biggest chuckle I've had all day. I thought I'd deja vu'd.