We Can Put a Man on the Moon...

...but we can't help employers figure out if job applicants are illegal aliens?

The Washington Times reports that "Two decades after Congress ordered the government to create a program to prevent the hiring of illegals, such a program still doesn't exist."

Meanwhile, our government has pushed for acceptance of forms of ID which are easy to counterfeit, such as Mexico's matricula consular card, which may now be used to open bank accounts. Thus, Washington has been helping illegal aliens become ever more entrenched in U.S. society, rather than taking the opposite stand.

Simply put, the ongoing lack of seriousness about border and employer enforcement reflects a lack of will on the part of Washington to deal firmly with illegal immigration.

This morning's L.A. Times ran an interesting article showing what is possible if a government decides to enforce our nation's laws: Georgia's Security and Immigration Compliance Act is already having an impact, as evidenced by declining home purchases by illegal aliens worried they won't be able to continue working in Georgia.

One wonders what might happen if the entire nation, not just a single state, decided to deal with ending illegal immigration once and for all...