Work to change the conditions that draw people here illegally. Too easily people can get fake identification papers. The Border Patrol too frequently turns a blind eye to people entering illegally. There is no fence along the southern border — though money was allocated for one. The federal government for too many years has done too little.

Hence Arizona’s sensible response. More needs to be done, however.

So let’s make sensible changes:

** Built rapport with law abiding groups across the Border. Have a foreign workers program and all workers carry tamper proof identification cards. Make a fence that is not easily penetrated and well maintained. Provide foreign aid to families and children that encourages families to stay and or return to Mexico and other Latin American countries.

** Built a solid fence with a 1/2 mile “no go” strip maintained by air planes, the national guard & border patrol. Physically fit persons paid by the government — like census workers — can walk the fence and be the eyes and ears for the national guard and border patrol. Use air planes equipped with laser tag guns, glow in the dark paint ball guns and other means of identifying persons that have illegally entered the U.S.

** Akin to the “go to the people & get their support” in Iraq and Afghanistan, use our military to “make friends” with law abiding citizens and groups in Mexico. What do they need/ want so their young people stay in Mexico and contribute to Mexico’s development? Give direct aid in small towns so they thrive and are pro-American and give us tips as to what the drug cartels are doing. Build rapport and support for law abiding behavior across the border.

** Remember that it is illegal behavior. Follow the laws that are already on the books.

** People are drawn here because of the freedoms we have as a lawful society. That’s what is wrong with amnesty every 10-15 years. Amnesty is a reward for bad behavior. Let’s reward legal behavior.