“It’s even more problematic than that. Not one of the “round ‘em all up and deport them now!” crowd can put forward a workable plan to do so under the following realities:
* The plan must not infringe civil liberties
* The plan must ensure that not one U.S. citizen or legal resident is accidentally detained or deported”
I’m not trying to challenge you here, but someone else’s post made me think - what if we told all illegals to go back to their country. On your way out, register your departure. Once all those who are currently in line to immigrate are processed, we will start immigration back in the order in which you departed. After 6 months of this, any illegal caught who is obviously not trying to follow our laws would be immediately deported to NEVER be allowed back (how’s that for incentive). All those “mostly” law abiding illegals would now have the chance to get back FROM THE OUTSIDE and would have paid a mighty inconvenience as punishment for breaking the law.
Of course, a physically secure border must be achieved to make any of this work.
“It’s even more problematic than that. Not one of the “round ‘em all up and deport them now!” crowd can put forward a workable plan to do so under the following realities:
* The plan must not infringe civil liberties
* The plan must ensure that not one U.S. citizen or legal resident is accidentally detained or deported”
I don’t think there is a “round ‘em all up and deport them now” crowd, or it’s a very small crowd. That’s mostly an invention of anti-enforcement/pro amnesty types which they use to smear those who think our laws should be enforced. The practical approach most all pro-enforcement advocates support is:
1. Secure our borders by all means needed including fences/physical barriers.
2. Strictly enforce of the law against employers who hire illegals.
3. Allow a natural attrition or self-deporting to progress as much as possible, and enforce the law whenever illegals are encountered during routine law enforcement.
The deport them all approach is just a canard used disingenuously by those who don’t want the law enforced.