By Patrick J. Buchanan – March 18, 2002

The Bush amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, rushed through the House Tuesday night, will undermine both the rule of law and the moral authority of the United States in the world.

As the world knows, U.S. immigration laws are being daily mocked and violated. No one is certain exactly how many scofflaws and gate-crashers are here. Estimates run as high as 11 million – or as many illegal aliens in this country as there are people in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.