One of the biggest obstacles to tackling the illegal alien problem is that is that too many leaders think illegal immigration is a victimless crime.

They even go so far as use phrases like "good-hearted people" and "courageous people" to describe illegal aliens.
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But most illegal aliens are like burglars who break into our homes without weapons or any intent to do us bodily harm. Rather, they are just breaking the law to take material things from us.

But no matter how good they are to their children or what civic positions they may otherwise hold, we do not call these burglars good-hearted and courageous. We prosecute them and do our best to keep them from stealing from us again.

Most illegal aliens are like those burglars. They aren't professional criminals. They don't intend us harm.

But they are wage thieves nonetheless. They break the law to steal jobs to which they are not entitled and in the process depress wages of millions of other American workers.

They steal wages from American workers and steal taxes from the American taxpayers who must subsidize the social and physical infrastructure for these mostly low-wage workers.