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Let's face it... we're not going to deport 12 million people. The costs would be staggering. Police time, court hearings, lawyers, incarceration, meals, transportation... the cost could easily exceed $100 billion.

That's BS. If we started to enforce the law we would not need to deport the 12 million. If life got tough for them to find a job, feed their kids, find medical care they would leave enmasse. You take away the incentive for them to come. I.e easy employment, free education, free medical care and they one stop coming and two leave on their own or three come in legally. We would only need to deport a very small percentage say 500,000 and the message would get out that you are not welcomed here illegally. If we at the same time increased the ease of legal immigration the massage would be clear. Go home enter legally. Pay the taxes and you can have the American life. Stay illegally and your life would be a constant pain. It would take about 12 months for the entire immigration debate to go away and we as a nation would reap the benefits of a renewed period of immigration and blood not seen since the 1920's of a population that is heavily Christian, with a great work ethic, and a desire for a better life.