Illegal Immigration

[Mister Agenda]

Ok, I did a bit of research on this.  California is actually following state law by not cooperating with federal authorities.  Several judges have determined that California is within the law in doing so.

The main reason Trump wants to build a wall is that he's an idiot.

Boru

You're right in saying that California is following state law in some cases.  Of course, those laws were conceived in the California state legislature.  They are still aiding illegal immigration nonetheless.  Don't just tell me that Trump is an idiot.  Tell me if we should be taking measures to stop illegal immigration and, if you do, what kind of measures should they be.  Or should we just let it go?

There are some things that are crimes because they're awful and no one should ever do them and we need to be protected from the awful people who do them. Some things are crimes because there's a law against them. Entering our country without going through certain procedures is a misdemeanor because people want to control entry to our country, not because entering another country is wrong. Prioritizing felonies over misdemeanors is good policing when focusing on the misdemeanors is likely to result in more felonies; as in people being afraid to communicate with the police about felonies because they're afraid of being deported over a misdemeanor. Being seen as an extension of ICE makes it harder for police to address serious crimes in neighborhoods where undocumented immigrants reside. And by-the-by, ICE has only been around since 2001 or 2002; somehow we managed to get through the previous couple of centuries without it.