Borders need to be better watched

With Gov. Spitzer's proposal to issue driver's licenses to illegal aliens, immigration has been a hot topic of late. But concern over immigration has nothing to do with driver's licenses and everything to do with drugs and terrorism.

Eager to eradicate the possibility of either, post 9/11 society has directed its attention to homeland security, specifically the southern border. Yet you don't seem to hear about efforts to improve the northern border. Surprising, considering that the northern borders are much closer to New York City and Washington D.C., prime terrorist targets.

People may ignore the northern border because Americans and Canadians share a common culture, whereas Mexican culture is comparatively foreign. But cultural prejudice shouldn't cloud judgment.