In which a contributing pundit on the right responds to left-column contributing pundit Jerry Lanson’s “The Language of Immigration Shapes Perception”:

Jerry Lanson’s personal story and opinion on US immigration laws was a solid argument to change legal immigration numbers. It is … and has been … a debate Americans have had for decades. If border security was taken seriously by all those who take an oath to live by and “uphold the laws of the United States” and if “carrots” were not dangled in front of those who would like to immigrate to this country illegally, Congress would find it easier to compromise on needed immigration reform and numbers. If the same cycle of rewarding illegal aliens with benefits and extending hope for amnesty without consequences continues, don’t expect the American people and Congress to agree on changing US immigration law. –Rich Corbett