There are xenophobes in the anti-illegal-immigration debate. There presence allows supporters of illegal immigrants to tar opponents by association. This is wrong. There are a lot of people who simply want the rule of law enforced. Now I'm open to changing the law...but whatever it is, I want it enforced across the board. That's not xenophobic; that's a firm belief in the rule of law.

The problem with the current system is that the state and national governments implicitly approve the unlawful employment of illegal immigrants. At the same time, politicians rail against illegals. It's truly the height of hypocrisy.

So how do we stop illegal immigration? Tightening our massive borders is an impossibility. In any event, most illegal immigrants, such as my son's central-american nanny, simply overstayed their tourist visas.

Since border security is a hoax, what can be done? Two things... punish illegal immigrant workers, and/or punish employers of illegal immigrants. And what would the consequences be?

1. Substantially higher labor costs at the low end of the market.
2. The destruction of livelihoods based upon decades of tacit governmental approval. (My nanny was here 24 years illegally before she got her green card).

Are we prepared to do this? Are we prepared to re-institute the rule of law knowing that it will rip apart the lives of millions of productive members of American society?

So here's my solution...

1. Make it a felony to employ an illegal immigrant. Only by stopping demand for illegal labor can we stop the flow of illegal immigrants.
2. Hire 10,000 agents to police the employment of illegal immigrants.
3. Acknowledge that anyone currently in the U.S.A. arrived at a time when the U.S.A. had a tacit agreement not to prosecute. Grant these people...all eleven million...green cards.