I recommend Andy Borowizt's column in The New Yorker, GOP Unveils New Immigration Plan." We must make America somewhere no one wants to live."
The peak of illegal immigration occured prior to Obama taking office-he has done quite well at making sure the economy is bad enough that those who show up won't find any work. And, that word has gotten out. But, he also did get the word out, that, in countries other than Mexico, that if residents could get their kids here, the adults could come later. And stay.
Nobody would force their minor kids to go it alone on a border crossing without some assurance thay would be re-united with them.
Nobody.
I believe we need to mine the first 500 yards of the American side of the US and Mexican border. It won't be secure until we do this. And if the border isn't secure, there is nothing else to talk about.
Best,
Ted
