A temporary worker program is an important part of immigration reform.

But how a guestworker program is structured makes a big difference. Edwin Meese and Matthew Spalding lay out a set of core principles to ensure that national security, rule of law, economic growth, and American values all come out ahead.

The key is to discourage illegal immigration by providing a safe and legal alternative and concentrating on law enforcement. Amnesty is not the answer. And "temporary" must mean just that.

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Read Permanent Principles and Temporary Workers by Edwin Meese III and Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.

Private Employers and Border Control by Helen E. Krieble

The Real Problem with Immigration…and the Real Solution by Tim Kane, Ph.D., and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D.

The sale of a London-based firm that operates facilities at six major U.S. ports to a government-owned company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has raised national security concerns. Administration officials have failed to answer them. They have not done a good job explaining why Americans should worry about U.S. port security and what needs to be done to secure the maritime domain. Now that the Administration has Americans’ attention on this issue, it needs address the heart of the matter.

The February 22 bombing of the Askariya shrine in Samarra, one of Iraq’s holiest Shiite religious sites, has pushed Iraq to the brink of a civil war and dealt a major setback to U.S. efforts to build a stable democracy—just as it was intended to do. The bombing, which collapsed the golden dome of the mosque, ignited a firestorm of Shiite reprisals against Sunni targets. Over 100 Sunni mosques were subsequently attacked by enraged Shiite mobs seeking vengeance and more than 130 Iraqis were killed in sectarian clashes.