Trump should now say that he tried to negotiate with the democrats, and go ahead and use his emergency presidential powers to bypass congress and build the wall, while also, under the same umbrella, add the additional 15,000 ICE agents, more border patrol agents, and more judges to try these cases for deportation. He needs to do this now.

And making E-Verify mandatory, along with way stiffer penalties for people who employ them, would also be helpful.