Illegals among us

This op-ed piece in the New York Times gives us pause to reflect that even George Washington was an illegal at one point. Evidently Washington claimed lands beyond the scope of British jurisdiction before the Revolutionary War. Such illegal settling was not uncommon later, the author pointed out. " The upper Ohio was rife with illegal immigrants, ancestors of people who, in country clubs today, are implying a Mayflower ancestry," the author said. His point, I presume. We all owe a debt of gratitude to our ancestors and their "daring disregard for immigration laws."
All of which still doesn't change the fact we need to get control of our border and provide legal workers for American growers.