Hint for the writer: IT’S ABOUT THE LAW, STUPID.
Illegal means exactly that.
And guess how many illegals are criminals?
Trick question: all of them.
Here’s the thing. I know I don’t have to convince my fellow conservatives that illegal immigration is the destructive core of our nation’s problems. All conservatives already KNOW that.
I’m writing for the rest of the country, the moderates, and even the few liberals who are willing to be openminded. THEY don’t think immigration is a big deal. They wonder why the heck we won’t give up on this one and move on to other issues like healthcare and jobs and education and crime.
So I wrote it to answer that question.
I really didn’t realize I’d buried my thesis so deep.