Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
I can make a difference between vile thugs who extort, abuse, steal, rape or murder and impoverished individuals who are god-fearing, moral and for the most part, law-abiding. I would send the former back to the pits they crawled out of, but I would welcome the latter with open arms.
And of course you can tell just by looking at them, right? Something in their eyes, perhaps?

They have, after all, done nothing more than intrude upon land that does not belong to them. And they offer more than they will take.
They have illegally crossed an international border. That's against the law anywhere in the world. And they take more than they can repay. Many, perhaps most, send funds out of the country for their families, an admirable thing perhaps, but still an additional drain on the economy. They don't pay taxes, yet they consume resources intended for citizens.

In England and Wales, trespass is not a crime, for very good reasons. Unfortunately for these people, trespassing beyond a national border is.
It's a crime everywhere! Try crossing into Russia, or Iran, or China without a visa or passport. See what it will get you.

So you can pull me up for making a false distiction between "illegal" and "criminal" but, in fact, there is one.
Sorry, but there really isn't. There may be varying degrees of criminal behavior, but it's criminal nonetheless.

As for imprisoning the illegal aliens, we bang them up for months, not just one, and we keep their kids in gaol too. And we're not above separating mother from child, even to the exgtent of deporting one, but not the other. It doesn't work, so forget it.
I see no reason for doing something like that. You just spend more money keeping them in prison, feeding them and their families, providing them medical care. Just send the whole family packing.

I just don't understand why people don't see the problem. Would you be okay with your neighbors just walking into your home and helping themselves to your food and property, sleeping in your beds, taking your money and sending it to their relatives next door? That's what this is about, isn't it? Regardless of their reasons, regardless of their problems, they are stealing from the citizens of this, and your, country. Why should we not do all in our power to stop them?