Immigration Remains the Topic De Jour
George Will says put current illegal immigrants on the path to citizenship, but for cryin’ out loud, take charge of the border:
…[C]ontrol belongs at the top of the agenda, for four reasons. First, control of borders is an essential attribute of sovereignty. Second, conditions along the border mock the rule of law. Third, large rallies by immigrants, many of them here illegally, protesting more stringent control of immigration reveal that many immigrants have, alas, assimilated: They have acquired the entitlement mentality created by America’s welfare state, asserting an entitlement to exemption from the laws of the society they invited themselves into. Fourth, giving Americans a sense that borders are controlled is a prerequisite for calm consideration of what policy that control should serve.
John Hawkins would agree with Will on the control issue, but little else; Tom Maguire covers the angles he missed…
Is It ‘Amnesty’ or ‘Earned Citizenship’?
Or neither. That’s our position.
S.F. Chronicle reports: “The immigration debate roiling the Senate and the country often boils down to one charged word: amnesty.”
It is brandished like a loaded gun by opponents of expanded legal i…