The immigration debate is one of the hottest national issues on talk radio, message boards, and at dinner tables. For example, a 2023 Pew Research Center survey found that immigration ranks among the top public concerns nationally. The system worked brilliantly as legal migrant workers followed federal, state, and local laws. However, over the years, migrant workers and other foreign nationals decided not to follow America’s laws, overstaying their visas or coming into the country illegally. Today, Idaho business interests continue to lobby the state and federal government to relax the enforcement of immigration laws.