Yes, they make you feel good. But the fact is, if the wall is built it will have doors in it...not holes, mind you, but doors. And as long as employers don't want to pay Americans a living wage, enough "guest workers"...i.e., just as many as we have now...will be allowed through to fill the gap.
The major change will be folks getting jobs as border guards as well as prison guards.
Analysts: Crackdown Won't Halt Immigration
House Bill Is Criticized for Not Factoring in the Effect of the U.S. Demand for Labor
By Michael A. Fletcher and Darryl Fears
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, December 18, 2005; A11
The bill passed by the House late Friday to step up border enforcement and crack down on the millions of undocumented workers in the country would be doomed to failure if enacted because it does not acknowledge the inexorable economic forces that drive illegal immigration, according to many analysts.
"Enforcement alone will not do it," said Demetrios Papademetriou, president of the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. "There is a certain emperor-has-no-clothes aspect to these enforcement-only bills. The only way they can work would be if you totally militarize the border. And even then, people would find some other way to come in."
The view that more than tougher enforcement is needed has been echoed by President Bush, who endorsed the House measure but also has said that a guest worker program that would create a legal channel for a significant number of unskilled workers to come into the country is a crucial element in any effort to control illegal immigration.
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