quick take on illegal immigration

Definitions of the word "illegal":
www.answers.com -- Prohibited by law. Against the law.
www.wordreference.com -- Prohibited by law. Against the rules or law.
Further resources with the same definition: dict.die.net/illegal; www.m-w.com; www.legal-explanations.com. www.dictionary.net (which is: "not according to or authorized, as by law or rule").

What's the commonality here? A two-year-old can figure this one out: something that is illegal is against the law. By definition.

What's the point? An ILLEGAL immigrant is by definition an immigrant who is here "against the law". Is someone who CHOSE to BREAK the law in the first place by coming to the U.S. in the manner they came.

Why is it important? Because of the idiocy in the U.S. that says "anti-Illegal-immigrant" = "anti-immigrant". Here's a clue to the American Left: I'm all for immigration -- legal immigration. I like the thought of people coming to the U.S. whose first act ISN'T to break the laws of the land. I'm sort of picky that way. I DON'T like the thought of people coming here whose first choice is to BREAK THE LAW through their method of coming here. If someone is willing to break the law in the first place, because it inconveniences them -- what stops them from breaking further laws that also inconvenience them? Nothing. And there's no argument that can be made against that point -- because, again, for all those who can't seem to process basic English, illegal immigrant choose to break the law or they wouldn't BE illegal in the first place.

Either change the laws to have unfettered and wide-open borders with no restrictions, or enforce the laws on the books. Anything else, anything in-between, will achieve nothing, because it sustains the illegal nature of those coming here. I personally fall on the side of wanting people to come here who do so without breaking our laws to do so -- makes them less likely to break laws again in the future. Strange thing, that: by arguing for illegal immigrants in the U.S., we're actually encouraging the idea that it's okay to break the law because it inconveniences you.

Frightening.