[gridlock]

One of the effects of Rudy Giuliani’s emphasis on Quality of Life crimes when he was Mayor of New York was that when you took people off the street for breaking one law, you wind up preventing the other crimes that this person would have wound up committing. It turned out that people who break windows or aggressively panhandle were often the very same people who would break more serious laws later on.

I think the same thing can be said, to a certain extent, about people who cross the border illegally. We all like to engage in this fantasy where all the illegal immigrants are just hard working family men and women who are more than happy to follow each and every law except for the one they break every day. This fantasy appeals to our sense of fair play and to our deep fear of being though racist or prejudiced.

But while the fantasy may hold true in some cases, there is no reason to think it is the norm. Every illegal immigrant has shown a propensity to break the law. It would be illogical to assume that this attitude does not apply to other laws.

[bboop]

Let’s fax a copy of this article to the President, the RNC, Teddy Kennedy -— who else? Plus a comment, of course. Think I will...

[subterfuge]

Every illegal immigrant has shown a propensity to break the law. It would be illogical to assume that this attitude does not apply to other laws.

Correct. The fact is, once a person crosses the border illegally, they are on the lamb. Hiding, running, lying. What incentive do these types of people have to respect the rule of law? The answer is---none.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

One of the effects of Rudy Giuliani’s emphasis on Quality of Life crimes when he was Mayor of New York was that when you took people off the street for breaking one law, you wind up preventing the other crimes that this person would have wound up committing.

He thought we should pay them protection money...

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“We all like to engage in this fantasy where all the illegal immigrants are just hard working family men and women who are more than happy to follow each and every law”
All mexicans see the US as a country that’s streets are paved with gold. Many come here to work and make a better life for themselves and their families
The criminal element also see those “gold streets’ and think, “Man, lets go steal some. It’s easy.”