If we are to solve our immigration crisis, we must first know the facts -- the real facts. If we are to know which direction to go and what to do, the first step is to determine where we are and what is wrong.
That can't be done with false information. Studies are needed, but those studies need to be fair and even-handed.
Who should do them? I favor journalists. We often call on government studies, and we often rely on studies from private groups that end up flavoring the results to match their preconceived objectives.
Journalists are not perfect. But, pick the most unbiased yet industrious you can. What I'm calling for is definitely unusual, for it would be a team of investigators from, say, 30 respected news organizations. Have we ever had a media commission of this nature?
They would contract the places and groups where immigrants (both those here legally and those who are not) and survey them. What were the conditions that led to them coming? How many end up on welfare? How many were at risk in their home countries? How many are committing crimes?(Whenever names were obtained, they would check those names against police records?)
Such investigative journalism is common, of course. But, compiling a large number of news agencies into a single investigation is not.
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