Chertoff recently told Sean Hannity, as did his predecessor, that there's no way we're going to spend billions to round up 11 million illegals. You eat the elephant one bite at a time, Chertoff; that means you start rounding people here illegally up and VERY PUBLICLY getting them out of this country. You might find that the ones you haven't caught yet begin to get the message; become a citizen or get the hell outta here!
I agree that they can't all be rounded up in a cost effective way in a short period of time, but what can be done TODAY is a Presidential NATIONAL EMERGENCY declaration and a request of all 50 states to begin an IMMEDIATE rotation of their National Guard units to patrol every inch of our southern border to STOP the illegal border crossings... TODAY!!!
After that one action is taken then start a discussion on solutions to the problem. This rotation of the National Guard units would remain in effect until all agreed upon remedies to illegal immigration are up & running and fully operational.
This current strategy of discussing solutions while illegal border crossings continue is total BS!
I would suggest having imigration headed up by someone with at least a third grade education, who understands what the term ILLEGAL means. Round up any illegals caught and bus them to the border. When he runs out of funds, ask for donations.....I expect plenty of American Citizens would be more than willing to help out.