I'll answer your bank robber appeal with a quote from the Republican Chair of the Agriculture Committee:
Most have been there more than 10 years, Powell told the Capital-Journal. It would be devastating to the Kansas economy to send them all home.
So since some of your bank robbers may have been here for more than 10 years I assume you could count on his support!
That just shows how lame his argument really is.
Not allowing labor costs to rise stifles innovation in process and capital (machinery).