Secury Communities program under attack locally

It was interesting to read that there is local opposition to the Secure Communities program. It's a contentious and messy issue, so sometimes it's easier to clarify an issue if it's reduced from a national perspective to that of an individual.

Let's say someone looks out her window and sees a family camping on her front lawn. She is likely to do one of two things. She can evict them, the kindest alternative, or she can have them arrested, the more harsh alternative. Should she do neither, other people would see the campers and set up camp, until the entire property becomes covered with trespassers.

In this analogy, undocumented (illegal) aliens can be deported, which is like being evicted. It isn't cruel, as these people go back to their prior homes, where they have roots and speak the language. The harsh alternative is throwing them in prison for being here illegally. Since, unless they are felons, they will be deported, it doesn't seem such a bad policy.

A third alternative would be for our hypothetical homeowner to allow the people to continue camping and let others do the same. Soon, the yard would be packed with campers, making it necessary for the owner to install sanitary facilities, clean water, and mitigate disputes between increasingly densely packed campers. Then there is the issue of buying insurance in case someone is hurt on the property. It rapidly becomes unmanageable.

That alternative, one advocated by people who are thinking with their hearts, rather than the organ that evolved for that purpose, would be to throw the gates open and welcome anyone who wishes to cross our boarders. That would mean not only throwing out our immigration policies, but abandoning the concepts of citizenship and national boarders, a radical social experiment few would have the stomach for, and one that would not find favor in most other countries.

Unlike electrons, we can't exist in that fuzzy area between wave and particle. We either have a policy with mechanisms in place for immigration, or we don't. Secure Communities may not be a perfect plan, but it is a plan, and any objections to it should be attached to a sensible way to amend it.