For a crime like trespassing, there's typically a fine attached to that. So I pay my fine and I've paid my debt to society and now I'm 'legal' again. |
If you get rid of $800 billion in economic activity, that's a big hit on the U.S. economy. |
The distinction is because that's private property. This whole country isn't private property. |
The fact that Latinos are underrepresented in the service causes us concern because the service is often a way to the middle class for many immigrants. If you don't have a lot of options, would you rather go into the service and get a middle-class career, or stay in the fields all these years? |
The problem begins when you start having volunteers selectively enforcing laws, especially volunteers that have a particular axe to grind and are all of one race and are focusing it on another race. That's when we say that it's racism. |
They should give Latinos a good shot at filling those positions. |