I agree. It's an unfortunate fact of life that illegals are here and here to stay. The trick is, how to best utilize their force to help our nation without encouraging illegality. All the naysayers and complainers haven't really come up with workable plans for that. For me, I would like to see tight borders with the temporary worker permits. And, STRICT enforcement of the law.
Round up illegals currently in the US and give them 30 days to apply for this workers permit. Anyone found without the permit is deported after the 30 days is up. Anyone wishing to enter the country illegally from that point is shipped to an American controlled point OUTSIDE OF THE US to serve a mandatory jail sentence and then not permitted back in the country after that.
Also, one must enter the country from their country of origin unless a viable exemption can be argued (such as defection from a persecutory country). If we catch an Arab coming over the Mexican border, it is a mandatory heavy jail sentence followed by permanent deportation.,
How's this for a plan? Crackdown on employers of illegals. Set up an instantcheck system for employment verification at the DHS, just like we have for firearms purchases. If you want to give someone a job, you not only need to look at his papers, you've got to call the DHS to verify their authenticity. Failure to do so results in massive fines that will put you out of business. All employers have 180 days to verify existing employees on their payroll. Any employees whose papers don't check out must be reported for immediate deportation.
Proof of citizienship is now required for all government services, including public schooling. Public school administrators have 180 days to verify the legal status of all students currently enrolled. No new students may enroll without presenting proof of citizenship or permanant residency. Children of illegals are no longer granted citizenship.
Illegal aliens have 30 days to present themselves at a DHS facility for deportation, whereupon they get a free ticket to the destination of their choice in their home country. Any illegals caught thereafter will have to serve 1 year of hard labor in a Federal penitentiary before deportation to a remote destination of our choice in thier home country. I'd prefer flogging as a punishment because it's cheaper and more humane, but I doubt that would never pass.
If you make their lives difficult enough, and the consequences of gettting caught tough enough, they leave on their own.
Operation wetback managed to deport over 2 million illegals back in the 1950's. If we could deport 2 million back then, we can deport 12 million today.