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You seem to be under the impression that illegal immigration was never a problem before President Bush took office.

No, and I've never said as much. However, it's 5+ years into the Bush administration, and he still refuses to secure our southern border. Even Louis Freeh, former head of the FBI, said that if we were serious about national security in the WOT, the FIRST thing would be to control our borders. It's very obvious to me and many others that Bush doesn't want to control the borders because he doesn't want to control illegal immigration. How else can you explain his refusal to enforce border sovereignty and immigration laws so far into his term of office?

What would your suggestion be, anyway? Shutting down the country?

Since you asked:

rottndog's 10 Simple solutions to the crisis of illegal immigration:
1. Immediately allocate funding for as many border patrol agents as necessary to effectively secure the borders. This would include the use of military forces, as defending the country against invasion is supposed to be the primary function of the Federal Government.

2. Immediately allocate funding for a modern and effective border fence.

3. Cut off all federal funds to any state, county, and/or city that has an expressed (or even unexpressed) sanctuary policy, including police noncooperation policies such as LAPD's special order number 40.

4. Immediately sue in federal court all aforementioned entities to overturn these patently unconstitutional policies (enforce the supremacy clause).

5. Cut off all federal funds to any state, county, and/or city that refuses to verify eligibility requirements for the dispensing of federally funded or subsidized public services.

6. Start prosecuting repeat illegal border crossers and put them in prison. It is a felony to recross the border after deportation. Give them a warning after the first offense, but after that, off to jail. Maybe have longer sentences for multiple offenses (I like Three Strikes).

7. End the "anchor baby" citizenship loophole. This can be done simply by federal statute.

8. Establish and implement a system of instant electronic checking of residency status for the purpose of employment. They have instant checking for firearms purchasing, why not for employment eligibility verification?

9. Fund random inspections of businesses by ICE officials to verify employment eligibility (legal residency). Include in this a task force to immediately respond to the use of bogus employee social security numbers.

10. Arrest and prosecute employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. After instant checks are established, there will be no excuses.

Some of these things could be done under current law--in other words, much of the problem would go away if our current laws already on the books were ENFORCED!

I came up with that 2 years ago. What are your suggestions?

1. I really don't like the idea of using our military for border patrol. I have quite a few friends in the military and I assure you they did not sign up because they wanted to patrol the border. It's also not what they're trained for.

2. What exactly would satisfy your definition of an effective border fence?

I won't pretend to be an expert on immigration. I mostly definitely am not. However, President Bush is not the root of all evil. Decades of indifference have forced the President between a rock and a hard place. He will never be able to come up with a solution that will satisfy everyone. Odds are, nothing will get done because CONGRESS does not wish for anything to be done. Congress makes legislation, does it not? With a Republican majority in Congress, what was accomplished? Nothing. President Bush signs the legislation, he doesn't make it.