https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/10/04/attrition-through-enforcement-immigration-policy-works-in-alabama/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 05:37:35 -0400<![CDATA[Proponents of illegal immigration and open borders are constantly propagating a straw-man argument for amnesty that offers false policy choices.  They contend that &#8220;we cannot possibly send back the illegals without physically deporting every one of them, and therefore, we are forced to grant them amnesty, in addition to a &#8216;pathway to citizenship.&#8217;  Those with some sense of sanity have always realized that the source of the problem is our incentivizing of illegal behavior, and that a concerted effort to enforce the laws would drain the illegal population through &#8220;attrition by enforcement.&#8221;]]>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:34:53 -0400<![CDATA[Daniel Horowitz]]>https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/10/04/attrition-through-enforcement-immigration-policy-works-in-alabama-n40659