According to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX):

Illegal immigration threatens the United States' reputation as the "nation of laws"... "We have rampant lawlessness within our borders because our immigration system is simply broken... It's harmful to our reputation and harmful to the immigrants operating outside the protection of the law."

He's right about that, but he's definitely wrong on the "fix" that he and Sen. Tom Kyl (R-AZ) are selling: a massive amnesty scheme.

The Cornyn-Kyl amnesty appears to be the "tougher" alternative of the two false choices offered to the American public, the other being the Kennedy-McCain massive amnesty scheme:

At issue is how to create a system that takes a tough stance on national security while simultaneously allowing immigrants to keep working. Currently, some immigrants are applying for work permits and legal citizenship. Others are taking advantage of United States' loose borders.

Huh? No, the idea is to reduce the number of illegal aliens in the U.S., not simply to change what we call them and keep them here. The article (by Nathaniel Jones of the Star-Telegram Dallas Bureau) goes on to stress that the Cornyn-Kyl amnesty is not an amnesty.