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Who is serious about immigration law

Polipundit:

The Senate Republican Policy Committee, chaired by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), seems to understand just how important the issue of illegal immigration is. The committee has released a policy paper called “Necessary Conditions for Immigration Reform.” The paper is worth reading in full, but here’s the executive summary:

• The federal government has failed in its basic duty to secure and protect its borders and to enforce immigration laws in the nation’s interior.
• As a result, many Americans are increasingly cynical about the willingness — or ability — of the government to live up to its enforcement obligations and uphold the Rule of Law.
• These enforcement failures have enabled the illegal alien population in the United States to grow to at least 11 million people.
• The effects of this failure are dramatic:
  • Our lengthy border with Mexico provides an ideal avenue for terrorists to enter the United States.
  • Illegal aliens entering the nation through the southern border are disrupting essential military training programs.
  • The southern border remains a haven for drug, weapons, and human trafficking, as well as the accompanying violent criminal activity.
  • The steady flow of mostly unregulated border traffic is creating extensive environmental damage in sensitive lands.
  • Taxpayers throughout the nation are burdened with high public costs due to illegal immigration — including $1.45 billion in emergency care delivered to illegal aliens.
• The federal government should address these challenges by (1) making a greater financial commitment to border security; (2) demonstrating through resources and effort that it intends to enforce immigration laws in the interior; (3) demanding better cooperation from the Mexican government; and (4) compensating states and localities for the financial burdens that illegal immigration places on their communities.
• If Congress and the Administration do not demonstrate a genuine commitment to securing our nation’s borders and proving that our immigration laws will be enforced, it will be very difficult to develop the political consensus for temporary worker or comprehensive immigration reform, and such an effort would be a practical failure.

There are not enough people in government who are serious about this issue.