Savvy Tony Blankley offers a conservative perspective on how to get an effective compromise on illegal immigration. His touchpoint: how best to secure the border.
For me, the single highest strategic objective is to secure the border for two equally important reasons. First because in its current condition, the border is an open door for terrorists into America. It is almost inconceivable that the terrorism threat has almost completely dropped out of public consideration. The president mentioned it in one word after mentioning drug smugglers and criminals. The media seem to have ignored the topic entirely. Second, the border must be secured to reduce the flow of illegal immigrants to at most a trickle.Ultimately, this country of 300 million can absorb the current 10 million to 20 million illegals in the country. It probably cannot absorb and culturally integrate the further scores of millions who inevitably will come if the border is not soon secured. Thus, for me, the central question is whether we can negotiate a sufficiently secure border.
That's just essential.
Posted by Alan at May 17, 2006 12:29 PM