Former Utah Congressman Merrill Cook observes that the debate over immigration reform is divided between globalists and nationalists.

One side, dominated by the political and corporate elite, seeks mobility of cheap labor across borders. The other side, which draws from the embattled middle class, wants to preserve America's national identity as a means of protecting our economic vitality.

This analysis is largely sound, but inadequate. The system we inherited from our Founders was not nationalist; it was a federated constitutional republic with a very limited role for the central government. It was the redistribution of power from the States to Washington that created our current system, in which elitists undermine our independence and prosperity.

Too many of those concerned about illegal immigration are willing to give even more power to the same central government that has betrayed us. Instead we should abolish the incentives that drive illegal immigration ? such as birthright citizenship, bilingual education, and welfare subsidies for illegal immigrants and the corporations that bring them here.

Let us stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.