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In the science fiction thriller Alien Nation, people from another planet make their home on Earth and merge with the human society. Their complete agenda is unknown and always in question.

When we look at our own nation, peoples from other countries are violating our laws and our borders to enter the United States and mingle with the national population. Many of them also have a variety of agendas, which are suspect.

This is a time when we face the threat of worldwide Islamic terrorism. It is a time when our own government has failed us so completely that an estimated 12 million illegal aliens are now residing in the United States. It is a time when our Border Patrol still remains understaffed and Homeland Security is more of a very bad joke than a national protective agency. Perhaps it is also a time when only the individual states can resolve what the federal government seems to think is an unsolvable problem.

If our federal government keeps coming up with lame excuses for its inaction, along with ridiculous phony solutions such as border fences that have failed in the past and will fail again in the future, a different course of action must be taken. It is the individual states that must ensure the safety and economic security of their citizens.

Almost every egotistic windbag in Washington constantly preaches that we cannot possibly round up 12 million illegal aliens (not immigrants) and send them home. But, individual states and cities are already in the process of taking corrective action. They are making sure that the transportation, hiring and in some cases the providing of social services to illegal aliens are in themselves illegal activities that can result in severe punishment.

Arizona and Oklahoma have passed laws, which have already had major impact on the illegal population. At the heart of their legislation are the penalties placed upon businesses that knowingly hire those without documentation of legal residency. Those who violate the law can find their business licenses suspended, lose licenses to operate and in some cases face heavy fines.

Does this process work? Ask the folks in the two states taking the severest of actions. They will tell you that those who have been working without proper documentation are leaving the states in huge numbers. The food industry, construction and various services related businesses are reporting they have lost more than 30% of their work force.

Unfortunately, most of the illegal workers are moving into Texas. The Lone Star State has always had a welcoming attitude, particularly toward people from Mexico. So, they are leaving Oklahoma and Arizona in huge numbers and heading for cities such as San Antonio, Houston and Dallas. But, these moves are still not resolving the plight of undocumented workers. They have left jobs where they were allowed to work 40, 60, 80 hours a week, if they so desired. Many claim that in Texas they can only find work two or three days a week. This is a huge loss of income.

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