> Should people without a valid visa not be considered as illegal immigration? Yes. But the problem is the rhetoric today is that being an "illegal immigrant"

> Should people without a valid visa not be considered as illegal immigration? Yes. But the problem is the rhetoric today is that being an "illegal immigrant" is tantamount to being a rapist, gang member, murderer, or drug dealer. Therefore people feel justified in depriving them of their rights. Which of course is a very bad thing, but some people feel intuitively that criminals deserve no rights whatsoever to due process. People are now conflating providing due process to illegal immigrants with supporting rape and murder. So that's why it's very important to point out that when someone is as "illegal immigrant" the image you should not have in your mind is a gangbanger.