First, stop the water coming in. The rest of your ideas are good ones. We tried cutting off government services to illegal aliens here in California, and voted for it, but a judge tossed it out. The other thing that would help on this side would be cracking down on employers.

But the flow has to be controlled as much as possible, now. Nothing will make our border leakproof, but at least make them work as hard as possible to bypass it.

There is a wide range of opinions on what illegal aliens cost us. I have seen some sources that say they pay for themselves. Others say that they generate losses in the billions, even when you count the taxes paid.

All I know is that so far, I have yet to see a state put banners at the border saying "come here, not to that other state. We can use the cash."