Please see the video at the link.

http://www.kxmc.com/getARticle.asp?ArticleId=73847

Karl Rove Says We Can�t Keep The Illegal Immigrants Out
Dec 5 2006 9:05PM
http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php
Watch it and weep.

Personally, I couldn’t disagree with Rove on this point more. We can have a secure border.

I suspect that Rove’s statement is based more on political considerations than policy considerations. The illegal immigration issue has Republicans between a rock and a hard place. Business interests want access to cheap labor, and the GOP would certainly like to keep itself in the good graces of the growing Hispanic voting bloc in this country, but the Republican base wants border enforcement for national security reasons, among other things.

What some Republicans - like Rove and the President - have chosen to do is try to convince Americans that stopping illegal immigration (or even just deporting the illegals who are in this country already) is an impossibility. Because if the secure borders crowd begins to feel that truly secure borders are an impossibility they’ll be more open to solutions like the President’s amnesty guest worker program.

The truth is that we could reach a much better situation then we’re in now with illegal immigration through three simple steps:

Build a fence along the border, complete with “virtual fence” components like sensors and cameras in addition to actual physical barriers.

Empower local law enforcement (municipal P.D., highway patrol, etc.) to detain illegal immigrants until they can be turned over to federal authorities and encourage law enforcement offices to arrest illegals when they’re found (some sort of incentive program from the feds for bringing in illegals would be good).

Streamline the legal immigration process as well as the deportation process for illegal immigrants so that getting into this country legally is easier while getting those here illegally out is easier as well.

If we did these three things I believe that within five years not only would we see fewer illegals coming across the border we’d also see the overall population of illegal immigrants in the country shrink.
Sadly, though, it seems like far too many people are buying into the myths (like “we can’t secure the border” and “we can’t deport 12 million people") perpetuated by Rove and others on the right and left.