<p>Scott Walker was walking through the tiny farm town Plainfield, Iowa where he lived as a child.  ;He was confronted by an illegal immigrant who demanded to know why Walker doesn&#8217;t support Obama&#8217;s plan to give temporary status to some workers.</p>
<p>Walker&#8217;s response was &#8220;we are a nation of laws.&#8221;  ; And further, &#8220;I want to make sure we have a system that goes forward by securing the borders and putting into place a system that enforces the laws and then the next President and Congress can deal with these issues moving forward.&#8221;</p>
<p>Author&#8217;s Note:  ;This may not seem like a good answer but is, in fact, the only answer.  ; The borders must be secured before anything else can be accomplished.  ;Three reasons for this.</p>
<p>First, Congress has promised many times to secure the border in exchange for concessions for illegal immigrants.  ;And though the concessions were granted, the promises were never kept and the border is not yet secure.  ; So its very clear securing the border will not happen until it is unbundled from other issues.</p>
<p>Second, once the border is secure the environment will change radically, we will have a better perspective on how the illegal immigrants play in our society.  ;When we boot out the bad ones and they can&#8217;t get back in, I think we will get the better picture and a better idea of the choices we have.  ;One thing is for sure in my book, Newt Gingrich was correct, we cannot round up 10 million people and throw them out.  ;The brutality of that would be too much for a generous and compassionate American people.</p>
<p>Third, since our border is porous, if we loosen our hard stance on benefits for illegals, ;we will be encouraging millions more to cross the border.  ;Without securing our border, many parts of the United States will be overwhelmed with illegals (as some are now&#8230;).</p>