Immigration: The Face of Enforcement

The new law in Arizona regarding enforcement of immigration illustrates what is necessary in bringing some control on what has been criminal neglect of the issue by the Federal government.  When you consider that there are at least 12 million, possibly 20 million, illegal aliens living in the U.S., as if  they were American citizens, some effort must be made to enforce immigration laws and possibly make new ones.  Looking the other way when aliens cross over borders; looking the other way when farmers and contractors hire illegal aliens; looking the other way when 20 illegal aliens bunk up in a small house, looking the other way when religious groups aid and abet illegal immigrants; looking the other way when illegal aliens commit crimes and are not deported, all these thing will not solve the illegal immigration problem. 

No, enforcement means dealing with reality--enforcement will mean illegal aliens will have to go back home, one way or another.  They are citizens of Mexico or elsewhere, which means they are not entitled by law or entitled morally to stay in the U.S.. Enforcement means some hardship for those who entered and lived in the U.S. illegally--thats what illegal means.  They are subject to enforcement.  So far no one has presented a means by which enforcement can be done painlessly and conveniently.