It’s a mess. And with the Obama administration’s immigration policy changes in 2012, which provided deferred deportation for young, undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children, it’s no surprise it’s a mess. In fact, it is undeniable evidence of the wisdom that more government is not the solution to our problem, but that more government is the problem.

And here’s just one reason why: There are 60,000 to 80,000 children, without parents, who are crossing the Mexican border just this year. The White House is calling this an “immediate humanitarian crisis” caused by a do-nothing Congress.

They are right about it being a humanitarian crisis, but the White House is the one largely responsible for that. You know this by simply looking at the numbers. In 2011, (the year before Obama offered deferred deportation for young, undocumented immigrants), there were only 6,560 unaccompanied minors crossing the border – this less than one-tenth of what it is today.

Deceived by human smugglers that once they get across the U.S. border, that Obama will now grant these innocent children deferred deportation, the number of children crossing the border is now rising astronomically. By next year, it is estimated the number of children crossing the border will be over 130,000 and the situation is expected to worsen in the following years.

But instead of considering new policy changes to stem this growing tide of minors crossing the border without parents, Obama is doubling down on his immigration policy changes. Earlier this month, Obama rode into the Rose Garden to save the day by calling for $2 billion in funding to care for these minors crossing the border, for everything from their shelter to nutrition to their health care and to education, while urging amnesty for virtually everyone else.

That may “sound” good, but the American people don’t need soundbites from the Rose Garden to make it seem like progress is being made with immigration (when only a Band-Aid is being applied). And we certainly don’t need more policies from the same folks that exacerbated the crisis in the first place.

We do need, however, comprehensive restructuring of our immigration and naturalization laws and a focus on the real issues:

This includes championing assimilation over multiculturalism. Our founding fathers envisioned the “melting together” of multiple ethnicities into one American identity – an identity that would represent what it is to be an American. And even though people like Al Gore continue to oppose “English only” legislation, real assimilation into American culture has always been achieved through the “English” language, and none other.

Secondly, government assistance programs simply cannot support the illegal immigration levels. Offering amnesty or broadening citizenship possibilities, including universal healthcare, costs lots of money, and last year, the average immigrant household received $13,487 more in benefits than it paid in taxes. It’s an arrangement that simply is not sustainable.

Finally, it’s about national security, and admitting that perhaps not all illegal immigrants are here to work. Hillary Clinton, supports immigration reform, with a path to citizenship, because she is “in favor of ... getting 12 million or so immigrants out of the shadows.” Unfortunately, Clinton may need to start by bailing some illegal immigrants out of jail first. It is estimated that 33 percent of our prison population is now comprised of non-citizens, at a cost of $3.74 billion per year to taxpayers.

You see, what’s missing from the blogs, talk show chatter, and political stump speeches, on the immigration debate, is that we don’t need only “guest workers” or delayed deportation government red tape.

We don’t need people who have placed themselves upon American soil while thumbing their nose at the immigration laws of the United States. We don’t need people who are supposedly accepting only employment opportunities that Americans don’t want. We don’t need people whose journey to America is intended to use government services beyond their contribution to our nation. No, we don’t need any of those people.

What we do need, however, are “American” immigrants. Immigrants that are legal and filled to the brim with optimism, embracing assimilation into our country, and that, despite our diversity, believe we are “one nation under God.” We need these Americans; the American immigrant that exudes the “can do,” unbreakable American spirit of ingenuity.

Yes, we do have an immediate humanitarian need at the border now, and we have lots of work to do to fix it. And Obama knows it too. As he explained from the Rose Garden, earlier this month, “If Congress will not do their job, at least we can do ours.” Well, with the kind of results the White House has achieved in doing their job thus far, I think it may be best for them to just take the rest of the day off.