[CAluvdubya]

I work on the immigration issue 7 days a week and have done so for the past four years. I lobby on the Hill and in Richmond. I don't get paid for it. However, I do know the issue far better than you do. Wake up and smell the coffee. This isn't about Reagan, it is about the survival of this country.

So I have a question for you....What happens if we build the fence (a Duncan Hunter fence. A good strong triple layered fence), fine employers that hire illegal aliens, take all social services away from illegals, and enforce the guest worker laws already on the books? Do you think the illegals would naturally leave or do you think we would still need to manually deport them?

[kabar]

We have empirical evidence that attrition thru enforcement works. The 12 to 20 million didn’t get here overnight and they won’t leave overnight. If we can prevent further illegals from entering on a mass scale, the problem will take care of itself. I see no urgency in attempting any large scale deportation. And we can address individual problems on a case by case basis. The choice is not between a blanket amnesty or mass deportation, which is how the pro-amnesty types like to frame the issue.