They can be enforced. They used to be. Why don't we just let the door swing wide open and let the whole world in?
But if the juries are not convicting, what can be done?
Are you seriously proposing that we take juries OUT of any case that might touch on illegal immigration?
Are you implying that Tamar Jacoby is lying about what steps might be needed to enforce the laws?
Why do you insist in discussing the past?
No one is saying that we should let the whole world in.
The status quo is unnaceptable, we all understand that...but THEY ARE HERE ALREADY, and the one thing that everyone, from every viewpoint on this issue seems to agree on is that a massive, nation-wide roundup of ten million illegal aliens--men, women, and children of every age--is an impossibility.
Now, in order to find a solution, you need to first come to the realization that stopping the ones who aren't here from coming is a completely different issue than what to do about the ones who are already here.