Now for Interior Enforcement

Well, assuming GWB doesn't use his second veto of his Presidency or some foot dragging in the implementation, the army of Common Sense (which seems to be far too uncommon) scored a victory in the early morning hours today.

The House and Senate voted to authorize and fund 1500 additional INS agents, and erect 700 miles of fencing to START the process of gaining control of our Souther Border. Additional funds were secured to BEGIN the process of various technologies to supplement the fence, and secure our Northern border and ports.

Each day my communte takes me from Carlsbad to Irvine and on weekends I travel to Temecula to pick up my kids from a prior adminsitration. Hence, I have become very familar with secondary INS stations just south of San Clemente and Temecula. On occassion the stations are open, and sometimes they are not. If we have a better handle on the frontline of border corssings, then I have a suggestion for how to better deploy the staff at these two stations and other secondary stations throughout the country.

Aside from the selfish motivation I have about getting to my destinations without wasting time and gas, I see a real upside to using these agents to conduct employer site inspections. Employers can be put on notice that I-9 forms must be in order and a genuine good-faith effort should be made to insure you are operating within the law.

No additional agents required, just a redeployment. If we minimize the need for a secondary station, we can use these resources to engage stage two of the cure...interior employer enforcement.

Let the chips fall where they may!