In my opinion, we need to put the military on the border that will stop the illegal aliens from crossing the border. Say, we put about 150,000 soldiers on the border or more, with orders to shoot to kill that should do it.
This will serve 2 purposes it will help secure our countries sovereignty and also help the soldier’s transition from deployment into civilian life without going through Post Traumatic Syndrome, PTS.
A lot of the soldiers coming home from the Middle East will suffer from Post Traumatic Syndrome, PTS if they are just release in to cilvilian society. They need a transition period the border duty would be perfect for that. Patrolling the border would give them the transition time they need to adjust from being released from military duty into civilian life.
The weather and the terrain are much like Iraq and Pakistan and they would be in a relatively safe zone. Except for the drug cartels they might encounter. But they can handle that, it would be a piece of cake for those guys. Because they’re already so well equipped and so well trained. Some of them could also be trained to become Border Patrol agents and law enforcement officers. It would be perfect!