The Inmates Are Running The Asylum

According to Fox News.com, Nancy Pelosi told a group of legal and illegal immigrants that the enforcement of immigration laws as currently practiced is "un-American".   Is this woman aware that the Congress (where she currently sits) is responsible for making laws and that the Federal Government is responsible for enforcing them?   Congress (where Mrs. Pelosi is the Speaker of the House) has the option of changing the law--it does not have the option of not enforcing it.  At a time when unemployment in this country is approaching 9 and 10 percent (and higher in some places), we need to hire people who are in this country legally and pay them according to the law of the land (withholding, minimum wage, etc.).  I agree with the concept of changing our immigration policies to allow people who want to work and contribute to American society to come here more easily.  I do not want to see more people come here with the intention of not earning a living, but instead collecting welfare from the government and taking advantage of American health care systems without contributing anything to them.  There are many hospitals along the Mexican border who have been forced to close because of the number of illegal aliens frequenting their emergency rooms and never paying for any services.  This needs to stop.  Mrs. Pelosi needs to be aware of her responsibilty for immigration laws and her responsibility to change them if she feels that enforcing them is un-American.