Article: Fence isn't the only link in this chain.

Byline: William McKenzie

We need to squelch a myth that goes like this:

If Congress would only secure the border, the House and Senate could return later to those elusive parts of the immigration puzzle: better oversight of employers, a guest-worker program and a shot at citizenship for illegal workers.

On the surface, that sounds reasonable, especially now that the Senate's immigration debate either hit a dead end or a detour. Start with one foot, then the other.

But that reasoning is flawed, mightily so, and here are four reasons:

First, there's no political interest.

The myth's advocates suffer from wishful ...

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