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Just put the national guard on the border, fine each employer that hires an illegal alien $10K for each infraction,

Won't happen. Employers want and need cheap immigrant labor, and they make political contributions to ensure they get it. At the same time, politicians are pandering to the immigrant community - legal and illegal. Mexico is happy to get rid of all these po' folks, who then turn around and send money home. Everybody wins except those of us who oppose illegal immigration, but it's easy to paint us as cross-burning racists.