same old black and white larry.
davidmash said it best so far. We live in a nation of laws, certainly, but laws can be changed and modified by men, and what was law yesterday may not be law tomorrow. If it were suddenly illegal to own more than two acres tomorrow, would you consider yourself a criminal? or would you consider that your rights had been violated?
Its easy enough for you to stand in your perfectly stable life and situation, and utter platitudes about legality from a stable environment governed by rule of law, never having to take the leap and maybe consider what life would be like without that rule of law.
Maybe you should leave your comfort zone, and consider life from the other side, using northern Mexico as an example-
Mexico's Formidable Battle against Lawlessness and Mayhem
Sure its easy enough to call people criminals when you yourself have never faced an even remotely similar crisis. The best you can do is whine about your lawn being ruined by a pipeline, when these people are facing murder, kidnapping, rape, and extended violence near and in their homes.
Given the situation just south of the border, if I lived there, you can bet I would consider crossing illegally, especially if the visa process is and was a time consuming and endless series of paperwork that in part depends on the good will of your own local government agencies that may or may not be compromised or corrupt.
You should be ashamed of yourself for presuming to call people criminals who may have had to face that.
Rubio demonstrates some depth of character in actually stating that maybe the country could provide avenues for people caught in this type of crisis, and in this country illegally.