Rob:

“How do you deport 14 million people” is a straw man; enforcement of our immigration laws does not require deporting everyone here illegally.

It took 21 years to get where we are; the notion that enforcement is a failure unless all 14 million are deported immediately (or that anyone is arguing for that). Systematically stepping up enforcement and deportations and maintaining it for a period of time will drive the number of illegals down over time.

Roger:

Noting that the Mexican government is a disaster and is likely to remain so falls in the “fact we deal with” category (which is where I see you putting it, by the way). When “pro-amnesty” types turn it into “We invited them here,” though, I have a REAL problem with it.

Question for you – Can you conceive of a way where we could prevent illegals from sending money back home to Mexico? Seems to me (if it can be done, that is) that doing so would do more to drain the swamp than just about anything we can do with a fence, etc.