Amnesty's New Ploy--The Blame Game

Illegal alien amnesty proponents are stressing a new ploy--by "humanizing" illegal aliens by showing their situations, then showing the consequences of enforcement, then "blaming" the immigration enforcers for the illegal aliens plight. Their "emotional appeal" is that enforcing immigration laws, the deporting of illegal aliens, causes harm because deporting aliens separates family members. The "argument" then is enforcing immigration laws causes harm; because perpetrators must suffer the consequences of their own actions. To carry the argument further; thieves and murders actions must be not be punished, because incarcerating them separates them from their families and this causes harm to their families. After all they are humans too.
The whole issue is being argued in a schizophrenic way by CNN--Rich Sanchez on the one side and Lou Dobbs on the other. Rick Sanchez' arguments appear to be mostly emotional based--stemming perhaps from his position of being an immigrant from Cuba. Lou Dobb's arguments are from sound facts, statistics, and logic. Unfortunately critical thinking in this country is a low priority in schools and discourse.