The Obama administration has issued numerous orders essentially suspending deportations, prompting a major spike in illegal crossings.
Background checks applied universally and nationally would take millions of illegal guns off the streets of our cities.
In theory, it is illegal to make the basement into a bureaucratic purgatory. In 1994, for instance, Congress prohibited agencies from making significant changes in a whistleblower's 'working conditions' as punishment for speaking out.
Quite simply, federal laws already on the books aimed at stopping the flow of illegal immigration must be enforced. Furthermore, states must be given the resources necessary to confront the problem, which includes strengthening the border patrol.