"Of course, enforcement is the key."
BINGO. Thats my point. Without a rational, well thought out approach to these issues, we merely solve one set of problems only to create another set.
Enforcement is the elephant in the living room for EVERY immigration issue.
This is why the approach needs to be part of an approach which limits the problem at the source...ie...the border itself.
And the final piece of the puzzle is the penalties imposed on American companies who violate the law. What penalties are prescribed in the various guest worker plans...Bushs and Tancredo's, for example.
"This is why the approach needs to be part of an approach which limits the problem at the source...ie...the border itself."
Im not clear here...what I meant to say was that the solution to the illegal immigration problem needs to be well thought out at all levels, and include a front end restriction...using technology and manpower at the borders....all the way to the back end...which is the penalties given to American companies who break the law.
In the middle is perhaps some sort of guest worker program, maybe Tancredo's, or something similar to it.