Krauthammer On Immigration Reform: Enforcement First

Charles Krauthammer, one of my favorite columnists, offers a column on immigration reform at National Review.

Immigration reform is coming. Let’s get it right. What counts as getting it wrong? The 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Act, signed by President Reagan. It granted amnesty to the nation’s 3 million illegal immigrants and promised border enforcement.

Amnesty came. Enforcement never did. Reagan was swindled.

Americans are a generous people. They don’t want 11 million souls living in fear among them. They would willingly, indeed overwhelmingly, support amnesty — as long as it is the last. They don’t want another Simpson-Mazzoli, another bait-and-switch that lets in another 11 million illegal immigrants — and brings us back where we began.

There is an obvious solution: enforcement first. 

You can read the rest of the column via the below link:

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/339427/immigration-getting-it-right-charles-krauthammer