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Article: Fence isn't the only link in this chain.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- June 13, 2007
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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 ...