No, Romney said it during the campaign , "self deportation" and the MSM bbq'd him for it. The argument that we need to have wide open borders or round up people in the streets is a false one that the MSM pushes. We all know the common sense solution. :
1) Secure the borders - this means we keep track of student visas , who's coming and going etc. Hell, if you're wrong on your taxes for one year, they'll spend a fortune tracking you down and making sure you pay all fines and penalties, so the government can do this if it wants.
2) Enforce the laws on the books. That means using an e-verify system to see who's legal and who isn't. Make the fines for hiring an illegal so onerous that any business will think twice before chancing it. Again with all the spying this regime does on the population, don't tell me they don't know exactly who's legal and who isn't.
3) End welfare, EBT, free public education for illegals and their kids.
4) Repeal the 1965 Kennedy immigration law. End chain migration. We base immigration on what the immigrant can bring for the country. Immigration to the US was once a privilege, not a right. We need to return to that mindset.
Once this type of thinking goes into place the magnet for illegals will be shut off, and those here will return home.
Finally, has anyone considered, why countries like Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua are petitioning the regime for even more migrants to enter the US? We're constantly told what a boost to our economy they are. So why , if these people are so valuable, are their home countries not screaming that they want their citizens back? Think of the boon to these third world countries these industrious migrants would represent.
see 86 above