Is illegal immigration really a victimless crime?

Question

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Answer 1

Have you noticed that people asking questions like this have the meanest looking avatars?



Obviously too subtle a joke for some of you.

Answer 2

Well, not that i'm prejudice against anyone in general. I judge each situation as it comes. Everyone has a chance to distinguish themselves or be a jerk in my book.
However, too many time's i've seen it proven true that Mexico has a culture and "mentality" all its own. That is a no-brainer, but one of the little side attributes I have noticed is a general disregard for the law. Not meaning they all run out and steal, kill, etc, etc.
I mean a general ...lets see if we can get by with it mentality. For anyone with American values that was raised right, sure, we might do something unscruplessly by being an opportunist but a good person generally will try to do the right thing, hoping that if nothing can be done, we will benefit.
On the other hand, i've seen many small business's in certain communities where being unscrupless is a normal part of thier day, and little regard if the act cause's harm to someone else.
This is what i've noticed all through southern California. So i'm hoping its just a local problem and not scattered through out the US. Its not saying some aren't hard workers or that they didn't come here to make a better life for thier family. I'm certain there are those with scruples. But its like bad news on TV....you hear more and more of it going on without a counterbalance to the good news.
Then there's the criminal element, which seem to wander across our borders even after deportation. People act how they are raised. This has always been a super power civilized nation. The same can't be said regarding civility to the south of us. There are always stories coming out of Dominican Republic and other such countries regarding incidents that wouldn't be tolerated here.
Then you have the callapse of our social systems in cities due to the strain of illegals.

Answer 3

I'm not really sure that victimless crime exits. Someone always has to suffer from a crime, otherwise it would not be a crime. One consequence of illegal immigration is the immigrants place a stress on public resources that are usually funded by tax revenues. One resource in particular is the legal system. No one wants to deal with this segment of the population, from the police that arrest them to the judge that sentences, to the jail wardens. They are placing a certain strain on this system, due to the fact that there is language, custom and knowledge barrier for the immigrants. These barriers result in more arrests, because the illegals do not understand the laws, or the consequences of breaking the laws. When the legal system has to concentrate on illegals, it takes the spotlight away from our US citizen criminals, making it easier for them to commit crime. Hope this helps. D.

Answer 4

I have seen Internet sites that claim "illegal aliens kill 12 US citizens every day". Honestly, I don't buy that number. However, if it was 1 a day, or 1 a month,....or just 1 ever....it is one too many. No, it is not a victimless crime.

Answer 5

No it's not in anyway a victimless crime. We all have to foot the bill for medical bills, our own insurance when they crash into our cars (because lord knows they don't have any). Plus the numbers of illegal's in prison for violent crime is staggering, especially in CA. Most of those criminals had victims. Plus we foot the bill for their prison stays. I think the public is the victim of immigration

Answer 6

No, ALL Americans are victims. We pay for their medical care, foodstamps, Social Security, SSI, and all the other forms of welfare. We are victims because they are not paying their fair share of taxes on their income. We are victims because they send more than $30,000,000,000 annually back home. We are victims because they DO TAKE JOBS AWAY FROM AMERICANS.
Big business encourages Illegals, because big business is not paying all the taxes, such as unemployment and social security. Government likes Illegals because it makes the Govenment look better not only to the Illegals but to their family and friends back home AND the Govenments the Illegals REFUSE to honor.
Illegals are often victims, not only from other Illegals, but crooked cops and welfare people here.

Answer 7

Only a victimless crime for NON - TAXPAYERS all others pay through the nose each and every paycheck and the grandaddy every April 15th.

Answer 8

Absolutely not. In 1985, 2 illegal aliens were shooting at each other. A bullet hit my brother in the chest. The criminal made a run for the border and the police say there is nothing they can do. My brother still walks around with a bullet in his back (it lodged near his spine, so they cannot safely remove it) and has pain to this day. Send each and every criminal parasite back to their country of origin. If they don't leave willingly, then use the full force of the police and miltary to remove them.

Answer 9

The employer hiring illegals is breaking tax laws labor laws, all felonies. here in seattle they are cracking down, one construction site emptied of 500 illegals in one day, within a week all jobs were filled with legal citizens. Lni threatened to put the superintendant of DR Horton in jail. thats all it took.

Answer 10

Great Post, Thumbs Up.

Answer 11

Illegal immigration itself is a crime. When they come here and drug run, rape, and murder that's a whole other set of crimes.