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I agree. We have simultaneously made it too difficult to legally enter the country and through minimum wage laws created a market for black market labor (I'm not arguing against minimum wage laws, but price controls always create black markets).
I do think that one of the few undebatable rolls of federal government is control of our borders and we certainly have the right and obligation to stringently enforce conditions on which those borders are crossed. I just think that a) creating pools of quotas based on nation of origin is nonsensical and that b) the obvious justifiable place for drawing the line is a priori evidence that the immigrant will be able to support themselves. If all 50 million people (or however many there are) in Mexico can find jobs in California then I say let them in. If all 5.7 billion people in the world not already U.S. citizens can find jobs, then let them in.
Unlike drugs and prostitution where I support complete decriminalization (and I mean complete decriminalization; not only should I be able to take heroin if I want but I should be able to take vicodin without a prescription) I can't quite go that far with border control.
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