There are obvious economic costs to deporting 11-12 million people: first is the expense of finding and exporting them. No one has even ventured an estimate of what that would cost but it can't be cheap assuming it is even possible. Remember using all of the sophisticated techniques the government has, finding a 6ft 5" arab on dialysis hasn't been possible.

In an extension of the employment argument, what is the cost in lost production of deporting 11-12 million people? According to Forbes, 44% of agricultural workers, 25% of construction workers, 34% of cleaning services workers and 24% of food services workers in the US are illegal immigrants.

If our unemployment rate is hovering in the 4.5% rate, how could we perform the functions presently performed by the illegals? Rate of pay would not be the issue--providing bodies would be.

The situation is so far out of hand that only simple solutions are being offered. And HL Mencken long ago told us that simple solutions to complex problems were ususally wrong.

This administration has let this situation go for the past six years until it is probably beyond a fair fix and subject only to whatever looks as the easiest out. Once more, way to go Republicans.

Publius