If the status of entering the united states illegally were to be changed from misdemeanor (as it is now), to a felony (which it should be), then it would become legal (in most states) to apprehend the offenders with "citizens arrest". This could be used by private citizens and volunteer groups ("Minute Men", Militias) to augment the over-stretched and under-resourced border patrol in the Southwest.
Anticipating the argument that using citizen arrest will lead to occasional excesses and even possible deaths; I will point out that the use of police to arrest felons leads to excesses and possible deaths.
The problem of illegal aliens is of the magnitude that such a suggested measure is preferable to doing what is being done now, and likely to be done by the insipid measures likely to be enacted by our government.
Anticipating the argument that using citizen arrest will lead to occasional excesses and even possible deaths; I will point out that the use of police to arrest felons leads to excesses and possible deaths.
The problem of illegal aliens is of the magnitude that such a suggested measure is preferable to doing what is being done now, and likely to be done by the insipid measures likely to be enacted by our government.