He Didn’t Just Lie About Arizona: Calderon Fibbed About Assault Weapons, Too
Once again you let sentimentality cloud your mind. People who cross the border illegally are criminals, despite your protestations. Now, there are varying degrees of criminality, ranging from infractions to misdemeanors to felonies; and the punishments will vary with the severity of the offense; but they are all crimes. Perhaps in Mexico such distinctions become confused in the general corruption, but if the citizens of America should intend to live up to the notions of the rule of law implied in our Constitution, clarity in thought and diligence in practice must abide.
Your second confusion is to focus on the trespass of the individual and to refuse to see how these trespasses magnified by thousands affect the sovereignty of a nation. If there were but few Mexicans crossing the border on their own initiative, the offense might be, for the sake of what is practicable, indulged a bit; but when tens of thousands are transported with the aid of violent criminals ready to shoot at those who might stop the flow, real felonies obtain and the integrity of the American nation is threatened. Add to this outrage the fact that the livings of the taxpayers are raped to provide mandated services for these criminals, then all but the willfully blind must admit that a grave injustice is being allowed to occur. You may be willing to tolerate–nay, you seem to relish this prospect–but real Americans will not abide it much longer. Comprende?
