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They also are a burden on taxpayer-supported social welfare and health care services; the Institute of Medicine estimates that nationwide, health care cost for illegal immigrants exceeds $35 billion a year. There are law enforcement issues, as organized crime in Mexico is fast replacing the Columbian cartels, doing $142 billion a year by UN estimates, in illegal drugs. Then, there's terrorism - of the 1.5 million people caught crossing the southern border, 155,000 came from countries other than Mexico and 649 were from countries identified to have ties to terrorist organizations. In October, an al Qaeda operative was captured by Mexican officials. The issue of illegal immigrants in the work force is obviously a complex economic and legal issue, but these are overshadowed by issues of national security and the need to prevent infiltration by terrorists. The Sessions-Nelson Border Security Act is a step in that direction.

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