A Necessary First Step
By Michael Medved
Beyond the News
With all the disagreements over immigration policy, people of good will should unite behind the one step that could quickly improve the situation: the construction of a high-tech fence on our southern border. No, it couldn't stop the flow of illegal immigrants overnight but it could dramatically reduce it--as Israel has demonstrated with its effective security barrier.
Yes, we also need a realistic guest worker program, but border security must come first, and construction of a fence would strongly encourage future immigrants to comply with whatever new rules the government enacts.
Critics worry that a fence would send the wrong, unwelcoming message to the rest of the world, but it's the right message to show that the U.S. is getting serious about border security. We're not shutting the front door on future immigrants, but we are saying that you're no longer welcome to break into our home by sneaking around the back.
Beyond the News
With all the disagreements over immigration policy, people of good will should unite behind the one step that could quickly improve the situation: the construction of a high-tech fence on our southern border. No, it couldn't stop the flow of illegal immigrants overnight but it could dramatically reduce it--as Israel has demonstrated with its effective security barrier.
Yes, we also need a realistic guest worker program, but border security must come first, and construction of a fence would strongly encourage future immigrants to comply with whatever new rules the government enacts.
Critics worry that a fence would send the wrong, unwelcoming message to the rest of the world, but it's the right message to show that the U.S. is getting serious about border security. We're not shutting the front door on future immigrants, but we are saying that you're no longer welcome to break into our home by sneaking around the back.
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