Many of the undesirable traits of illegal aliens stem in large part from the simple fact that they are illegal. They use expensive emergency rooms because they lack insurance or are afraid a primary-care doctor might create a paper trail. They don't file tax returns because of the same fear, and they turn to welfare or other social services because their illegal status consigns them to lowest rung of the economy. We infantilized undocumented workers by relegating them to second-class status, and then we chastise them for being dependent on the nanny state.
I know it sounds counterintuitive, but with immigration, perhaps forgiving a crime may be the best way to restore law and order.
2007-06-27
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