I would like to see Trump come on TV and tell the illegal aliens (you know who you are) you MUST leave the USA or be deported and if deported you can NEVER come back thru legal channels.
I think we would see caravans headed South like the Dusters headed to California in the 30’s.
As long as they think the Courts or the Congress or the local governments will protect them, they won’t self-deport.
Only after many more stories like this one happen and nobody successfully defies Trump will such an announcement have any effect.
I agree that the extent of Trump’s “heart” should be to not bar them permanently as long as they self-deport rather than causing us to rack up the expense of deporting them. The court process to deport is ridiculously expensive, and even if streamlined it would still be cheaper for us if they self-deport. If they cause that expense, they should forfeit ANY CHANCE of ever immigrating.