And the point is well taken: the laundry list of crimes that the illegal commits are almost never prosecuted.
That fact rarely comes up in the debate. But this is not an accident: "talking down" illegal immigration as a crime is a deliberate propaganda initiative begun in the 1970's by the sedition organizations such as La Raza Unida, and guys like Bert Corona, the inventor of the Marxist phrase "undocumented worker".
It is commonplace for them to insist illegal immigration is not a crime, 8 USC 1325 notwithstanding. It is simply a lie, and if repeated enough times (a Saul Alinsky tactic), people start to repeat it.
But many people understand that now, and prosecutions are starting again. Prior to the 1970's they were commonplace in the Southwest.
Illegals commit many crimes either knowingly or unknowingly. The first act begets a series of ongoing crimes which are not single point but persistent.
Thus "amnesty" for them is a monstrosity: they literally escape prosecution for many crimes, and never even so much as have a record. Once amnestied, it's like it all never happened. And they can be police, doctors, judges, politicians, soldiers with access to high class weaponry, even security clearances. Every nook and cranny of American life is available to them once off the immigration hook.
Where's the justice in that?
Thus "amnesty" for them is a monstrosity: they literally escape prosecution for many crimes, and never even so much as have a record. Once amnestied, it's like it all never happened. And they can be police, doctors, judges, politicians, soldiers with access to high class weaponry, even security clearances. Every nook and cranny of American life is available to them once off the immigration hook.
Where's the justice in that?
The justice system is a machine that steals money and ruins lives for its self-perpetuation...much like other tax-payer funded programs but far more destructive. It needs to be re-writ like the U.S. tax code.