Clawrence and Co. are like the story of the sorcerer's apprentice: one broom is hatcheted, it becomes two, and the numbers then increase exponentially.
They refuse to acknowledge our long-standing policy of `catch-and-release' that has led to the situtation we find ourselves in now.
All they can say is, "Hey, look at the numbers." We do, and say, "Unacceptable!" then they repeat,
"But look at the numbers . . " and their circular argument goes on-and-on, up to 2006.
Enough!
Another way of describing the situation, the Border Patrol are like a rat-catcher. There is a hole in the wall of the house that rats get through.
Sometimes the ratcatcher catches a rat at the hole, and then releases it outside, and then informs the homeowner that he caught 30 rats the previous month.
The problem is, of course, that some rats were caught more than once but eventually figured out how not to be caught and are now safely in the kitchen.
In the meantime, the rat-catcher is teaching new rodents how not to be caught. Friends of rats say the problem is not that serious and we should continue with the status quo ante; those of us who are not `rat-friendly' say "Plug the hole, then turn a half-dozen terriers loose in the kitchen."
Non-political Americans seem to prefer the latter approach while the Senate and president seem wedded to the former.