Chertoff is merely mouthing the words of his employer on this subject.
He's too intelligent a man to REALLY believe that garbage and I would think the administration would have more respect for American intelligence that to manufacture such a lame statement.
I used to think that too, but it seems like the more we question, the more the administration sends us statements and spokespeople who mouth the complete opposite of what most Americans want done with the border situation. Somebody must be buying it or there would be a revolt? Or else, we are all too busy working in order to pay high taxes to support the illegals and the businesses that profit from them.