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A new national opinion poll conducted by Pulse Opinion Research finds that 87 percent of American voters consider illegal immigration to be a problem for the United States. Estimates vary, but clearly there are upwards of 10 million people living illegally in the United States for the simple reason that breaking our immigration laws nearly always goes unpunished.

Many of our national leaders want to go one step farther. They would like to reward people who came here illegally with an amnesty which ultimately leads to U.S. citizenship. Having been repeatedly rebuffed by the American people for an all encompassing amnesty, advocates for illegal aliens have turned their focus to the DREAM Act. On the surface, the DREAM Act seems like a more palatable proposal than blanket amnesty. But, upon closer scrutiny, it is an unwarranted and costly idea and would spur even more illegal immigration in the future.

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