Actually, your argument is flawed seriously in two areas - one being the analogy between our situation and Mexico’s situation...the second is your idea to force deportation of those working ahead of those getting benefits. It’s much harder to do, penalizes our entire economy, and fails to recognize the abject pathetic nature of our own domestic unskilled and semi skilled labor force. Meanwhile, cutting off benefits immediately benefits all legal citizens financially, is much easier to do, and sends home the worst of the offenders.
Remember, any e verify system will be run by the same government that brings us Obama Care....so if you really want to trust in that kind of system, knock yourself out...
Oh, I'd be all for cutting off benefits also. But any enforcement of whom receives benefits would also be run, as you say, by the same government that brings us ObamaCare.
Moreover, unless you change certain laws, illegals cannot be denied the benefits necessary medical treatment nor public education. And since I doubt you'd ever get those laws changed, then the best bet would still be to work from the employment angle.
abject pathetic nature of our own domestic unskilled and semi skilled labor force
The free market is a dynamic thing. It will adjust to the absence of illegal workers. It would be interesting to know to what extent the pathetic nature of our own domestic unskilled labor force is due to the effects of essentially unfettered illegal immigration. I'd bet there is some cause and effect going on there.