Illegal Immigrants and Respect for the Law
I live across the street from a small apartment building full of illegal immigrants, and when I say “full” I mean there are 10 or more living in apartments designed to house a maximum of four. They are all young men who came here from Mexico to work, not collect welfare. But they are breaking the law just by being here, and no law enforcement agency seems to care. A common rationale given for government’s big wink at their lawbreaking is that our economy depends on low-cost immigrant labor to do the jobs “even blacks won’t do.” Illegal drugs are also an important segment of our local economy, as are lap dances in titty bars, but the laws against these crimes are enforced, at least some of the time. Does anyone in government or law enforcement realize that enforcing some laws while failing to enforce others makes them look stupid and hypocritical? Not that I expect a rational answer to this question from anyone who has the power to change the current situation…