There is an editoral slant to this that does it no service. 400 illegals are 400 illegals, no matter how you cut it, regardless of how rife the idustry is with the practice. 27 years for non-violent crimes seems a bit much when rapists get far less, but many crimes over a period of time appear to have been committed.
I still side with Trump on this.
The crime he was convicted of had nothing to do with illegals. That aside, imo without going into details, it goes beyond editorial slant. His financial crimes were crimes. The author is incorrect that they're never charged, though not often. They're the types of crimes that don't usually come to light. They do come to light when the lender takes losses, and decides to involve the authorities. The sentence does seem excessive. And that seems to me to be the issue worthy of discussion. Not immigration charges dropped of which he was acquitted. Not even PETA.