NO LACK OF WORK TO DO. First I write this. Questions and Observations posts this.

Here’s the practical problem as I see it. As long as we give lip service to addressing and remedying the illegal immigration problem, we are essentally giving lip service to the security of our country. Nevermind the fact that illegal immigration circumvents our laws, the fact is there is no way to claim a secure country when you have millions of people illegally entering it. And its just disengenuous rhetoric to make such a claim.

While Europe has some hard choices to make, so do we. We can make every flight into and around America 100% safe. We can beef up the FBI and improve the CIA by 500%. But unless we get a handle on the tidal wave of illegal entry into this country, we are not safe from terrorism.

When 9 to 15 million semi-literate illegal immigrants have found no substantial barrier to entry how in the world can we believe that a smart and dedicated band of terrorists would?

If the intent is to make this country secure, amnesty is not the answer. Sealing the borders is. Guest worker programs are not the answer. Expelling all illegal immigrants is.

The question remains: when will we acknowldege the real problem and, in a land of civil liberties, how far will we go in the name of security to actually insure it?

The real problem remains a scarcity of resources. Sealing borders does not come for free. Neither does vetting applicants for work permits. Work permits that are easier to get, however (perhaps because employers that are not subject to sanction for hiring cheaper labor will vouch for their workers) increase the likelihood that people sneaking across the border are doing so for purposes more nefarious than mowing lawns or gutting cattle.