[traditional1]

"So, if someone shoots you, or rapes your wife or daughter (who are both here illegally), you should have no recourse to the law?

Absolutely. If you are here illegally you are 100% fair game for any thug, rapist, or bully.

Call it a disincentive.

I believe if you are here illegally, you have NO Constitutional rights, and should NOT be recognized in a U.S. Court or local Court, i.e., you LEGALLY do not exist here.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

But that isn't true on the books. Any immigrant, illegal or legal, even just a tourist, does have basic rights under the law while on our soil.