This story first appeared in the Sunday edition of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper.

This story first appeared in the Sunday edition of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper.

This story first appeared in the Sunday edition of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper.

It amazes me how many politicians flunked math. With states cutting back police and fire departments and other utilities and social programs because of lack of funds, politicians will not admit that immigrants are one of the biggest drains on state resources.

Immigration reform should be a major priority for both Congress and the president. Such reform should bring predictability and fairness for many groups affected by the current piecemeal and ill-considered system.

Who’s doing more racial profiling than Arizona these days? The Democratic Party.

The barrier to new immigration legislation is the last point recommended in Sunday’s editorial: “Create a program to permit most of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants now living in the United States to earn legal residency.”

We need to completely close our border with Mexico before we do anything else.

Last October, Zogby International released a poll they had run in Mexico to learn what peoples’ reactions would be to immigration amnesty (sometimes referred to as a “path to citizenship”).

It’s the biggest political issue that most Wisconsin voters know little about.