[umgud]

There is a lot we need to do and and a lot we can do to secure the border. First and foremost is the need to turn off the magnets that draw most of the illegals.

[Paine in the Neck]

First and foremost is the need to turn off the magnets that draw most of the illegals.

Indeed.

1. secure the border in a transparently verifiable way;
2. end the anchor-baby interpretation of the 14th Amendment;
3. enforce eVerify without exception and with severe penalties;
4. deportation upon contact with any law enforcement agency - federal, state or local
5. no government benefits beyond critical emergency care (and that ought to be billed back to the home government); and
6. NO "Path to Citizenship" - EVER - for anyone who has entered the US illegally.

Any measure that does not accomplish these six things is unacceptable. It is de facto amnesty. And it will inevitably, ineluctably encourage millions and millions more illegal entries.