WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? Vodka Pundit live-blogs the State of the Union Address.

7:22pm Bush just promised to close the borders to bad people, but leave them mostly sort of kind of open to anyone willing to pick lettuce for sub-minimum wage. Run that by me again?

Those sub-minimum-wage jobseekers sneak across the borders because they'd be refused entry at the usual checkpoints. If there is a cheap, effective way to enter through the usual checkpoints, there is a stronger presumption that people hiring coyotes or hiding in freight cars are doing so for purposes other than picking lettuce.