Border control must be first on agenda

In regard to the John McCain-Ted Kennedy comprehensive immigration reform plan, the American people spoke loud and clear and stopped it last year.

Amnesty is not the answer. Look what has happened since President Reagan passed amnesty for 3 million people. It has turned into 20 million more illegal immigrants draining the system.

We have to thank the Heritage Foundation for investigating. McCain has realized what the people's will is, that nothing should be done until the border is controlled.

We need "comprehensive immigration enforcement" to stop the multitude. It is working in states that are enforcing the laws. We need border enforcement, which is sad, but with the drug- and people-smuggling plus criminals pouring in, it has to be done, preferably with an armed military to show we mean business and get the border under control.

Kathleen Marselle Elgin