Monday, August 11, 2008

Stopping Illegal Immigration is Easy

Immigration was a big deal in US elections recently. Even now, America's presidential candidates seem obligated to out-tough each other on border security. It's so simple-minded. Stopping illegal immigration is not a problem. Simply raising the number of legal immigrants would greatly reduce illegal migration. Scrapping the caps altogether would bring illegal immigration to nearly zero. It would make us more secure too, by drying up the illegal routes into the country. Will any politician ever have the good sense or courage to explain this to the American people?
Probably not for a while, but one can hope.

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