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Chris Wallace pressed for answers on Fox News Sunday as he probed the practical meaning of President Obama’s executive order of last week. In a tone that suggested a determination to get down to brass tacks, Wallace asked: “Is he sending more agents to border? Is he building more fences? Is he creating more virtual technology to patrol the border? Is he doing any — what specifically is she doing to crack down on illegal border crossings?”
Wallace’s sense of urgency was impressive, but his questions were not. What is most needed is what Congress and presidents have been promising since 1986 but have failed — comprehensively and miserably — to deliver. What is needed is a serious, credible program of worksite enforcement, including strong civil and criminal punishment of employers who hire those who are not authorized to work in the U.S.
So here are some suggested questions about the president’s intentions: Will he press for full development and testing of E-Verify ? Will he press for appropriations to fund efforts to make the program resistant to fraud? Will he demand that it be applied expeditiously to all segments of the economy, providing no arbitrary delays to industries who hire well-connected lobbyists and make the right campaign contributions? Will he pledge the aggressive use of executive power to investigate and prosecute violators? Will he declare his determination to ensure that E-Verify is successful? Will he promise the American people his full, personal, aggressive commitment to the success of E-Verify?
If those questions are sincerely answered in the affirmative, the president would be surprised at how many of those who now criticize him so roundly would be willing to accept most of the broad program of legalization that he so clearly wants.
In Las Vegas last week, the president responded to a heckler’s demand for sweeping legalization by repeatedly saying, “I’ve heard you.” Now it’s time for him to prove that he has heard the voice of the American people, a voice crying out of the desert of immigration policy dysfunction, demanding an end to the current fecklessness and hypocrisy of our federal government.
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