[Wally_Kalbacken]

For the win, Cruz needs to announce a path to permanent non-citizenship for anyone who meets certain standards. Deportation for those who don't. It's a winner.

[Rastus]

It better be a constitutional amendment, because it won’t take long for the Supremes to say, “No, you can’t have permanent residents with diminished rights.”

[grania]

FWIW, a lot of us feel that permanent non-citizenship is a real bad idea. It creates a permanent class of second-class residents, and there children still become citizens, as children of people who came here legally.

Trump's answer is best. Send them ALL home. Let them start the process there, by rule of law. By doing it that way, anybody who stays under the radar and doesn't return home can be deported permanently.