Political correctness and the crisis of open borders June 23, 2005 Fred Hutchison RenewAmerica analyst America has a de facto policy of open borders and virtually unlimited immigration along the southern border with Mexico. Americans like to call the eleven million undocumented workers "illegal aliens," a curious misnomer. Theoretically, immigrants who come to America without reporting to the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (INS) and obtaining the requisite papers are breaking a law. However, a law on paper must be taken seriously by the society and meaningfully enforced by the state before that law has effectual existence. When only token...