The editorial was all take and no give: amnesty, or "reform," for illegal immigrants but no security to maintain the border and spare the United States additional amnesties in the future - except for a rather ugly reference to turning the border into an "armed camp." I think most Americans would tolerate this amnesty if it were absolutely the last amnesty instead of one in a never-ending series.

So here is a quid pro quo. Build a complete, double fence now along with granting amnesty. A fence is the only thing that would work, which is why the open-borders crowd doesn't even want to discuss an American border fence - or the border fence Mexico is now building along the Guatemalan border. There it is: a favor for a favor that both sides can unhappily live with.
