If, suddenly, the federal code in Washington, D.C. making shoplifting a misdemeanor crime was regarded as unenforceable by the Metropolitan Police, the Capital Police, the Park Police, and the federal Police, and shoplifters began stealing, with impunity, great
humanity amounts of merchandise from DC merchants, what do you think would happen? Would the owners of convenience stores, drug stores, and department stores clap their hands and applaud the shoplifters who are stealing them blind? Or would a cry of protest be heard from these storeowners? Well, there is a direct comparison between shoplifters and illegal aliens. Both shoplifting and illegal immigration are misdemeanors and both involve the theft of something very tangible. Shoplifters might steal necklaces, expensive perfumes, or expensive gourmet chocolate bars, while illegal aliens steal places in the USA reserved only for U.S. citizens and eventually false identities and jobs to which they are not entitled. The crime of shoplifting is clearly defined in the DC criminal code, and the crime of illegal immigration is clearly defined in the U.S. Immigration Code. In the absence of the rule of law, social order perishes and anarchy prevails. Read on for more enlightenment.