For democrats, its understandable because the calculus is simple. Having a band of my concerns of the middleclass year, theyd need millions of new voters and they need them fast. Otherwise their party risks becoming m a permanent minority, replacing ungrateful citizens with obedient immigrants as their only hope. Every democrat who thought i threw for a minute knows this well. They cant say it in public because its horrible. So instead they are trying a new talking points. Illegal immigrants are terrific people, every single one of them, far more noble and lawabiding then you are. How do you complain about their presence . You must be a bigot. The one problem with this line of argument is that is vulnerable to facts. Until recently there really were few reliable numbers on crimes committed by illegalis immigrans and this allowed democrats to pretend that every person who sneaks up across our border becomes a heart surgeon or member of seal team six. We have the data, and it turns out,