I assume the life of a Mexican hooker sucks. So, many illegally come to the United States to continue the oldest profession north of the border. I guess they come for the perks (better health plans, 401k's, better paying juans) to which their American cousins aspire. But to their shock, the hooker life sucks here too. First, the whorehouses aren't very exotic sounding. Today's Washington Post gives us an example.

The business cards handed to men at a North Woodbridge grocery store didn't say much. Just a first name, a cellphone number and the phrase Casa de Carne, or House of Meat. But their simplicity made clear the illicit purpose: sex

The House of Meat. Good one. Direct and to the point. But despite the cool name, the Post still finds the Prince William County crackdown on illegals to be really complicated when it comes to illegal-immigrant prostitution rings.

Authorities say the cards solicit customers for highly organized prostitution rings that cater to Hispanic immigrants and chauffeur women from out of state. Although prostitution crosses ethnic and racial lines, these immigration-related cases raise complex questions about the interplay of local and federal law and are likely to pose special challenges for Prince William County police in the push against illegal immigration that began this week. The police department has said it will treat illegal immigrants who are criminals differently from those who are crime victims. But in prostitution cases, the women involved might be both.

Let's see. If you are a prostitute, whether illegal-immigrant or all-American girl, it is a crime. So you can't be a victim. If you are in "highly organized prostitution rings that cater to Hispanic immigrants and chauffeur women from out of state," it is still a crime. If you came are here illegally, it is a crime. Not sure where the victims are. But maybe they were coerced, you say.

Before county police began the illegal-immigration initiative, they tried to prepare for every scenario. But a closer look at the rings reveals that the line between the local crime of prostitution and the federal crime of sex trafficking is often blurred in subtle details. Did the women knowingly choose to work as prostitutes? Or were they pushed into it by force, fraud or coercion?

What percentage of illegal-immigrant hookers were dragged across the border against their will and held in captivity as slaves, so the illegal-immigrant pimps can properly service the booming prostitution demands of a suburb like Prince William County? And the Post dutifully gives us our answer: None. They came by choice.

Molina, who works with the District-based La Cl¿nica Del Pueblo and founded a Virginia-based human rights organization for Latinas, said many of the women go from poverty in their countries to poverty in the United States and find themselves bound emotionally, psychologically and economically to the men who brought them across the border. Breaking that bond is one of the biggest challenges, she said. "It's a mixture of hatred and thankfulness," she said. "They know they are exploited and being abused, but this is the same person who helped them cross the border. This is the same person who helped bring all the members of their family and who is going to bring their children."

Then, near the end of the article, we have the kicker. These illegal-immigrant prostitution rings aren't really even in Prince William County after all.

Last year, Prince William police made 44 prostitution arrests. Although many of those cases were unrelated to immigration, Hess said the reach of rings that target Hispanic immigrants "is far greater than what we know."

Many of 44 cases of prostitution had nothing to do with immigration. That leaves what, 10 cases in a whole year? Of that handful, the Post never cites one case connected to these insidious rings the article describes. This is just another lefty hit piece railing against any crackdown on illegal immigration by fraudulently implying that this social cancer is in Virginia. And, bottom line, every person, from the pimps to girls to the juans, seems to be here illegally. If we had properly secured the border, the article would never have been written, because none of these people would be here.