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Immigration

Jan. 6, 2007

'The Wall' Builds More Problems Than It Stops

FORUM COLUMN - By Mary Jane Weaver - Immigration lawyer Mary Jane Weaver snapped when a client asked whether it bothered her that so many "illegals" were using this country's resources.

Forum Column

By Mary Jane Weaver
     
      As 2007 begins and Congress works to throw every possible impediment in the way of real immigration reform, I find myself pondering the creation of "The Wall." For those who haven't followed the national debate on immigration as avidly as I have, the one piece of legislation actually enacted during the past year provides for construction of a 700-mile-long ba...

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