There will be no wall.
There will be no mass deportation.
HOPE the next one something like this happens to is YOUR family member.
Easy, there. Drunk drivers kill people every day, unfortunately. The vast majority are legal citizens. It does no earthly good to promote deportation of illegals using examples like this. It is a very sad story, but only Trump would haul out individual tragedies like this to bolster his isolationist plans. It is hateful and illogical to say that because one illegal has a substance abuse problem and unintentionally killed a family that it makes sense to deport 11 million more.
Any drunk driver that does so should be punished severely. The issue here is that too many don't want to do things that would prevent a situation where a drunk illegal has the ability to do so.
It's not isolationism. There is a difference between legal immigration and illegal criminals sneaking into the U.S. I'm all for legal immigration and following the rules but I damn sure, like so many, won't justify illegal immigration.
It makes sense to deport however many illegals are here. It has to do with them being illegal.
When I first started thinking about this, I thought it made sense to send all the illegals home, because how else to send the message that others should not come here? But if Trump does build a wall and truly stop illegal immigration over the southern border, we don't have to send that message in order to keep folks away. 11 million people is a lot, most are hard working and advance the economy, according to employers who count on them and the communities that are full of them as renters, customers, etc. Then you have the problem of those born here, who do seem to have a strong Constitutional right to stay, but then we are sending their parents away? Perhaps split up a marriage?
Now I am fully aware that most illegal immigrants in this country knew what they were getting into when they came here (except the kids who came with parents) and they should be willing to accept getting caught. That was a risk they took. However, if it would truly damage the economy (not only by taking away the labor force but by costing a bazillion extra dollars to round up and prosecute them all) maybe it would be better to give them green cards so they are at least paying taxes. Again, that would be AFTER the southern border is secured. Does that make sense?