David Brooks of the New York Times appeared on NBC News' Meet the Press earlier today and misled about the reason why there has been so much illegal immigration.

Brooks tried to place blame on our laws, when the real blame lies with the fact that our corrupt elites - politicians, business and NGO leaders, etc. - have worked to thwart those laws.

In a pseudo-debate with Rep. Raul Labrador [1], Brooks said this [2]:

"The current law produces 'X' much illegal immigration. This law cuts it significantly. It's better than the current law. Generally when something is better than what we got, generally you want to support that thing."

If politicians had simply enforced our laws, we'd have had much less illegal immigration. The problem is that some politicians want more racial power, and try to thwart enforcement. For just one of many examples, see sanctuary cities. Other politicians are paid off by growers, banks, chicken processors, and so on. Simply changing the laws as Brooks wants won't work: those same corrupt politicians will simply ignore the new laws that impede their personal agendas.

If you want to do something about this, search Twitter for leading Brooks supporters - especially on immigration - and send them the link to this post or to the main David Brooks page.

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[1] Labrador is yet more fake opposition to amnesty. He might oppose specific bills, but at the end of the day he supports mass legalization. And, that mass legalization will have the same ultimate impact as comprehensive immigration reform (i.e., putting illegal aliens on the "path to citizenship"). The Democratic Party and the far-left will have more power after mass legalization, and they'll use that to push to put those who were legalized on the "path". The GOP won't be able to stop them for the same reasons that they aren't really trying to stop amnesty now.

[2] The claim that the law would cut illegal immigration is from the Congressional Budget Office.