"Can't deport 12 million illegal aliens!"
How many times have we heard this statement over the past few months? It's an opinion that is refuted by the historical facts.

President Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico
Fifty-three years ago, when newly elected Dwight Eisenhower moved into the White House, America's southern border with Mexico was just as open and violated as it was today. As many as 3 million illegal migrants had walked and waded northward over a period of several years for jobs in California, Arizona, Texas, and points north.
President Eisenhower cut off this illegal traffic. He did it quickly and decisively with only 1,075 United States Border Patrol agents - less than one-tenth of today's force. The operation is still highly praised among veterans of the Border Patrol.
Although there is little to no record of this operation in Ike's official papers, one piece of historic evidence indicates how he felt. In 1951, Ike wrote a letter to Sen. Bill Fulbright (D) of Arkansas. On June 17, 1954, what was called "Operation Wetback" (any future operation would have to be given a new more polite name) began. Because political resistance was lower in California and Arizona, the roundup of aliens began there. Some 750 agents swept northward through agricultural areas with a goal of 1,000 apprehensions a day. By the end of July, over 50,000 aliens were caught in the two states. Ad this is the important point - the country didn't have to deport every illegal, the vast majority that left, left voluntarily. Another 488,000, fearing arrest, had fled the country.
By mid-July, the crackdown extended northward into Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, and eastward to Texas.
This is an important point: when laws are enforced, everyone tends to obey them -and that includes those not previously arrested. What we have now is the opposite: immigration and border laws are not being enforced so millions aren't obeying them.
By September, 80,000 had been taken into custody in Texas, and an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 illegals had left the Lone Star State voluntarily
- There are now said to be 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens in the US. Of the Mexicans who live here, an estimated 85 percent are here illegally.