The answer on immigration

The U.S. routinely awards green cards to more than a million legal immigrants each year. They play by the rules, and together with those who have come before them, now comprise the largest legal immigrant population in U.S. history. But to sustain this generous legal immigration policy, we must put an end to illegal immigration.

The solution is simple: enforce current law.

Failure to enforce these laws has contributed to the more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the country. Close to one-quarter of all federal prisoners are foreign born. There are, however, some recent bright spots.

In just the past two years, the administration has begun to focus on the job magnet that attracts illegal immigrants and is also working with state and local law enforcement authorities to identify and deport criminal aliens.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stepped up its efforts against employers who hire illegal immigrants by relying on criminal prosecutions and the seizure of assets of companies that employ illegal immigrants.

Some 93,000 employers now participate in E-Verify, a program created by Congress that enables them to verify that workers are eligible to be hired...

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