[Man50D]

I don’t believe that mass deportation is going to happen.

Mass deportation doesn't need to happen if we strictly enforce our existing laws. Deporting some will show others it's futile to remain in the U.S. and they we'll leave voluntarily. That is already happening in municipalities, counties and states that are cracking down on illegal aliens.

Second, one way to reduce the number of Mexicans in the country illegally would be to make it easier for them to enter the country legally for a specific period of time to work on specific jobs.

That's just another form of amnesty and defeats the purpose of those waiting to enter the country legally for employment.

[kabar]

We already have guest worker programs that allow millions to work here legally. The author presents a simplistic analysis and solutions. If you have a water pipe break in the basement, the first thing you do is shut off the water supply. Suggesting that we add another guest worker program without first securing our borders, including having a system to track and deport visa overstays, is nonsense.

[norton]

"Second, one way to reduce the number of Mexicans in the country illegally would be to make it easier for them to enter the country legally for a specific period of time to work on specific jobs.

That's just another form of amnesty and defeats the purpose of those waiting to enter the country legally for employment."

Not really, you're aiming at the two opposite ends of a scale, make it easier to bring in educated and successful people from anywhere - and encourage citizenship...
Allow for any real "jobs Americans won't do" to be filled with seasonal, short term, non citizenship track, taxed and regulated, braceros.

BUT: anyone here now illegally should not be allowed either option, wages for both should be on a level with US citizens, AND anyone calling for bracero labor would first have to prove that they couldn't get an American into the same job.