There is no way to make immigration policy work unless you deport, and everyone knows that.
I’m for changes in our system. I don’t know if we give out too many or too few H-1B visas, but I know that we need to do a better job of defining who we want and who we don’t want, and enforcing that. And if teh procedures we have set up serve as a disincentive to legal immigration (and thus an incentive to come illegally), then we need to review and change them.
But we do nothing until we secure the border. (Unfortunately, for liberals, “securing the Borders” means deploying guards at a now-defunct bookstore.)
Secure the border is #1.
Then follow up on those coming on jet planes with a tourist,
student or business visa, and have stayed past visa expiration.
Almost half illegals are from this category.
Personally I also want a drastic reduction in un-skilled immigrants
brought in with family connection. Until immigration
is brought under control, we do not need 1 Million plus new
immigrants EACH AND EVERY year.
I have no problem expanding H-1B visa five fold as Cruz wants.
That number is still very small compared to total immigrants.