BINGO! It is a variation of the "Broken Windows"* theory.
Look what happens when the Border Patrol does even marginal sweeps of illegals in California - their "Latino rights" lapdogs scream about the panic and uncertainty the BP inficts on their poor clients.
Look what happened when a civilian migra-green-striped chopper flew over a construction site in Texas - more panic and a mass exodus, not only of the worksite, but of apartments in the neighborhood.
Hutchinson mouths the standard liberal line: "There's too many of [fill in the blanks[ - all we can do is surrender."
Bush better thank God that the Democrats are just as unwilling to tighten the borders for they could really damage him on this issue.
If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge. Soon, more windows will be broken, and the sense of anarchy will spread from the building to the street on which it faces, sending a signal that anything goes.”
"If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge. Soon, more windows will be broken, and the sense of anarchy will spread from the building to the street on which it faces, sending a signal that anything goes.”
Wasn't it Guilliani in New York who started pushing for the police to enforce "petty crime" laws that they used to think were too unimportant to bother dealing with, and the end result was a drop in more serious crime?
People don't start out murdering and robbing. They start with petty crimes, and if those aren't punished, they will continue to test the limits. (Kids do this too; it's why "permissive parents" usually end up having to go to court or pick their kid up at the police station).