The Dignity Act represents an opportunity for this Congress and the Trump administration to accomplish something that has eluded their predecessors for decades. At long last, they can restore the rule of law to the governance of immigration.

The absence of the rule of law is at the root of the myriad chronic pathologies associated with illegal immigration. Corruption and exploitation metastasize in the space between law and enforcement. With respect to immigration policy, that space has been cavernous for decades.