“To a lot of people, that sounds like the discredited approach of enforcement only — which has a track record of only making the problem worse. Note the 1996 Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IRAIRA), an enforcement-only law which – for all its chest thumping – did little to curb illegal immigration.”
What a ridiculous argument. Kellogg-Briand anyone? You know, for all its chest thumping, it did little to prevent World War II, Korea, Viet Nam, wars in the Middle East, wars in Africa, wars in South America, etc.
It’s not simply passing a law that accomplishes anything. You have to enforce it. Enforce the existing immigration laws first and stop (or ideally reverse) the flow of illegal immigrants. Then take stock and see what the next step should be.
