Answer to Illegal Immigration= DETECT, DETAIN, DEPORT
Supporting illegal immigration will destroy this party. The vast majority of Americans are opposed to amnesty, or "guest worker" legalization.
I'm not looking forward to having a pro-amnesty RINO running against an anti-amnesty Democrat like Hillary. Do you think illegal alien amnesty is a winning political issue?
DETER, DETECT, DETAIN, DEPORT.
In this case, the feds can deter illegal immigration by slamming the borders shut, enforcing existing laws that punish employers for hiring illegals and a halt to all government welfare payments to illegals.
Without detering illegal immigration, any hope of having success with detecting, detaining and deporting is an effort in futility and leads to perpetuating and exacterbating a serious problem.
I don't know if it's a winning issue but an anti-immigration stance has always been a loser issue for at least 40 years. I can't cite a recent Presidential election where an anti-immigration position was the winning factor. Except for Pete Wilson in California in 1994, I can't cite an example of a statewide race where an anti-immigration stance helped win the election. The fact that rats are pushing amnesty and Dubya is pushing work permits indicates that elected officials in both partys think their election chances decrease by tightening the border. When the left and the middle want something even the right must consider if standing on principle is worth electing lots of rats who will pass the "2006 open border bill." Best I can tell the champions of border control are men whose sphere of influence reaches only as far as a US Congressional district. There is the example of Buchanan, and the fact that Dubya won election in 2000 and 2004 with a moderate stance on the issue.