>>>>>>I'm interested to know what "solution" you would propose. Are you proposing to throw out all illegal immigrants or do you have some special x-ray specs that allow you to identify the ones who drive drunk? ;-)
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>>>>>>FWIW, if all illegal immigrants could be expelled from the US tomorrow you would need around 1,000 new orphanages in Tennessee alone for all the US-citizen children you have deprived of parents. And in 20 years the very people you need to support you in your dotage will be suing you for compensation.
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>>>>>>I know it's trite, but to achieve success you need to fix the problem, not the blame. But how?
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>>>>>Here we go... When I am King, we will borrow from the wisdom of the old Chinese proverb, "a journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single footstep." So, we will secure our borders first. Next we will deport any illegals we find, including their families. If they want to come into this country - legally - they will have to go through the process. We would also repeal any law that gave illegals citizenship, just because their parents managed to break into our country. It would be akin to the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine.
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>>>>You've got your steps out of order there, don't you? Wouldn't it be necessary to change the laws first, then throw out the children of illegals who are themselves living here legally? I assume you do still believe in the force of law, including those you may not agree with. If you don't like a law and want to work to change it, fine, but we can't simply disregard those laws. Not unless we want to embrace anarchy and a return to frontier justice.
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>>>>This is leaving aside the complete impracticality (impossibility?) of evicting 12 million people. I am curious what you picture there -- some sort of Blade Runner future where the unwanted are identified, tracked, and terminated? Maybe you picture yourself as Rick Deckard ;-)
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>>>Identified, tracked and deported. You almost got it right.
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>>OK, let's say for the sake of argument this isn't ipso facto an objectionable idea. Logistically, how do you think this would be accomplished? My sense is it couldn't even if we as a society decided we wanted to. Maybe you have a clearer idea of how 12 million people could be deported. What would be the steps involved?
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>Drive them to the border. Adios.

That was easy!

It was actually a serious question. If you really want to deport 12 million people, and are interested in doing more than venting your spleen, you need a plan. I am interested in hearing plans of how it would be done. Maybe I'm wrong and this is do-able.