Fix America’s Immigration System by Focusing on Security

Fix America’s Immigration System by Focusing on Security

America’s immigration bureaucracies are rife with waste and inefficiency. Yet taxpayer dollars are not the only thing they put at risk. The nation’s security suffers, too.

According to a report released last week, twenty-three recently apprehended Somalis with suspected ties to the Islamist Al-Sabaab Mujahadeen were mistakenly released from a Mexican jail last January. American officials believe they are trying to enter the United States. So what are our immigration officials doing in the face of this threat? They’re busy protecting us from the supposed scourge of foreign labor.

The U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) is requesting...