Illegal aliens and the rule of law

Musings of a Real Texas Cowgirl has some good posts on the illegal alien issues facing us. She also links to an excellent piece by Dr. Thomas Sowell, titled Gates or Gatecrashers.

Here's a sample of Sowell:

The Bush administration is pushing a program to legalize "guest workers." But what is a guest? Someone you have invited. People who force their way into your home without your permission are called gate crashers.

If truth-in-packaging laws applied to politics, the Bush guest worker program would have to be called a "gate-crasher worker" program. The President's proposal would solve the problem of illegal immigration by legalizing it after the fact.

We could solve the problem of all illegal activity anywhere by legalizing it. Why use this approach only with immigration? Why should any of us pay a speeding ticket if immigration scofflaws are legalized after the fact for committing a federal crime?

Most of the arguments for not enforcing our immigration laws are exercises in frivolous rhetoric and slippery sophistry, rather than serious arguments that will stand up under scrutiny.

Please read the rest of his column. How wonderful it would be if our politicians were just half as intellectually honest as Dr. Sowell.