Logistically deporting the 11 million or so we have is an impossibility. It’s kind of funny to say ‘deport them all!”. A good fantasy, but that’s pretty much the summary.
Currently as it stands the number of illegals according to researchers remains pretty stable year in and year out. If an actual wall were ever built that could lower the numbers coming in and we could through policies and enforcement, start weening the numbers that remain.
But deporting them all is like saying you’re going to fist fight a Bengal tiger hyped up on PCP, the task is an impossibility even with x3 ICE agents.
So why not START by deporting (permanently!) at least a few thousand?
It could happen much faster than you think. If the border is secured, then step up strict enforcement of all immigration laws. At this point those being deported are not simply coming back so the deportation numbers are actually reducing the population here. When the illegals realize they can no longer work, access services, and if they are arrested they will be deported a large number will simply begin to go back on their own. It is not a fantasy and there would be no need to actually deport each one, for everyone deported many would just leave. They poured in here because we put out the welcome mat, if we pull up the mat they will pour out.