[itsahoot]

There is no way to deport them all or coerce enough of them to self-deport in numbers that would make any real difference.

You are dead wrong on that issue, look what is happening in Oklahoma.

[An American!]

....look what is happening in Oklahoma.

What is happening there? Please elaborate.

The fastest growing segment of the US population is the Hispanic group. The republicans would do well to begin working with this group to find young leaders in this demographic.
Republican National Hispanic Assembly
here is a fun video on what it means to be a Republican from their site: “My fellow immigrants...my fellow Americans...how do you know if you are a Republican...I will tell you how...if you believe the government should be accountable to the people, not the people to the government...then you are a Republican.

[Lou Budvis]

I don’t know what is going on in Oklahoma. But, the population of Oklahoma is roughly equal to that of the city of Los Angeles. (L.A. County is much more populous as it includes the cities of Burbank, Pasadena, Long Beach, etc.) Plus, OK is a more homogeneous population than in L.A. Therefore, whatever deportations (self or otherwise)are going on in OK is so small in terms of the overall problem that it cannot be used as an example of what can can be achieved nationwide.

Deporting 12 million or getting them to leave would be the same as trying to remove every person in OK, MO and KS. That’s not going to happen. We’d better find an acceptable solution to this problem, such as a path to residency, not citizenship.