How to fix the immigration problem....

Well said by the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler (I've "edited" a few of the more colorful comments:

Oh, and the next bloviating boob to say “we can’t deport 11 million illegals” gets a shiny, boot in the butt.

At least be honest and say it like it is: “I WON’T deport 11 million illegals.” You’ll still be on the wrong side of the issue, but at least you won’t be guilty of wrapping up your opinion in unsubstantiated, unproven nonsense in order to avoid having to answer for your TRUE opinion.

Listen very carefully, because I’ll say this only once (today): Nobody is suggesting that we round up 11 million criminals tomorrow and ship them off in box cars tomorrow or somewhere before Thursday next (although I certainly wouldn’t be opposed to an attempt to do so).

What you DO is:
A): Shut down the borders. No moronic “virtual fences” (which, in Washington DC, means “no fences, but still a vague promise of something that sounds like it that we can then let die in committee and blame the other side for at a later date”). Build the darn wall and do it NOW.
B): Throw the book at employers who hire illegal aliens. At the same time, give the employers the tools that they need to investigate prospective hires and give them the right to use said tools. Tell the ACLU and assorted other "activists" that they can either shut up about it or accompany the pendejos on the next box car to Tijuana.
C): No bennies of any sort to anybody unless they can prove that they’re either a permanent resident or a citizen.
D): Watch illegal aliens self-deport due to sudden and complete loss of their “free” (to them, the rest of us are paying through the nose for it) ride. If necessary, help them along a bit. No need to round them all up in one afternoon, do it as resources allow. Start a reward program paying citizens for information that leads to arrests and deportations.
E): Patiently drag anybody calling this “racist” aside and explain to them, slowly and while carefully avoiding words with more than two syllables as much as you possibly can (use simple drawings as well, if necessary), that the rules apply to EVERYBODY entering the country illegally and then, when they predictably refuse to exercise their two limp brain cells and scream “RACIST” instead, hit them in the face with a sledgehammer.

Some of this might sound a little harsh but, increasingly, I don't think so. Perhaps we (the US) should re-visit our legal immigration strategies and procedures to update them (I think the last major review/change was in the 1960s or '70s; for example, why is there such a relatively low number of advanced degreed/critical occupations immigrants "allowed" while we simply refuse to restrict, in any fashion or manner, the flood of limited education illegals?). Regardless, entering the country illegally is, well, illegal, as is hiring illegals. There's also the whole matter of restraining terrorists and such, too.

Just what is so difficult about all this?