The incongruity between President George Bush’s “war on terror” rhetoric and his administration’s lax immigration enforcement is maddening. How can a country that fails to maintain control over its borders fight an effective war against terrorism? If people are illegally entering the U.S. by the millions to “work,” it follows that people are illegally entering the U.S. to terrorize.

In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Congress decided the country needed more bloated government agencies. Our legislators created the Department of Homeland Security in 2002 and split Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) into two departments: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).