Collusion on illegal immigration.

Deborah Simmons has the gall to suggest that Americans don't have to accept the consquences of Democrat and Republicans' sell out on immigration:

Mike Pence, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, is seemingly perched on middle ground, proposing a four-step plan that puts border security right where Americans want it -- at the top of the immigration-reform to-do list. His plan also "offers a no amnesty solution," engages the private sector in the worker-visa process and, like the House bill passed in December, cracks down on employers who hire illegals.

The Pence plan is a good starting point for House-Senate conferees.

Why? Because of the bottom line: It is against the law to enter this country without our permission; it is against the law to work in this country without our permission; and it is against the law to stay in this country without our permission.

The people who break any or all of those laws are criminals.

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Mike Pence's proposal isn't perfect. In fact, there is no perfect solution.

The difficult task at hand is to first give Americans want they want and then reach a legislative compromise that punishes employers and foreigners who break the law.

We are in this fix today because the Republicans and the Democrats were in bed together 20 years ago. We can't keep letting W. and John and Ted get it wrong -- unless, that is, we want to stop calling ourselves Americans.

"Keep America American." By Deborah Simmons, Washington Times, 6/2/06.