What good is a fence?

"Here's a fact you don't hear much about: Between a third and a half of the nation's illegal immigrants — at least 3.8 million people — entered the USA legally. That's right. They didn't slip across the border in the dead of night. They came from all over the world, stayed longer than their visas or entry documents allowed, and melted into society."

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"Fixes for the nation's out-of-control immigration problem aren't easy in any case, but they'll prove useless as long as those who write the laws respond solely to stereotypes. A fence in the backyard isn't the solution if as many as half of the illegal immigrants are walking in through the front door."

Read the whole editorial here.