"Andy Gale" wrote
The real problem is the ACLU. Because every
illegal-midnight-border-crosser knows that he has a lawyer in the US
ready and willing to fight for him. Of course the ACLU does a lot of
other heinous stuff to undermine American freedom,
This might be the stupidest thing I've ever read on usenet.

Without all the unfortunate hyperbole, it's pretty much true.
Illegals come here with the knowledge that the burden of proving they're
illegal rests on us; that they can declare 'refugee status', that a criminal
charge gets a freebie lawyer, and the process is glacial at best.
The ACLU has a very limited agenda, and their intentions can be very
questionable- depending on what you think they're about.

Chas