And can you explain to us why it is important to you?

Tough one though.

country where they have no opportunities to find a better life elsewhere. Their crime is ranks right up there with murderers, rapists, pedophiles and thieves.

150 years ago, the fictional French Inspector Javert spent 20 years tracking down a man for stealing a loaf of bread... no reason we shouldn't further the same process by letting loose Inspector Clouseau on these infidels and reprobates...

"There is a time to laugh and a time not to laugh, and this is not one of them...."
Insp. Clouseau

Spoke out against their own government? Or was a heavy in the drug trade? What? Circumstances, context, which country? They all matter.

Murder, stealing, identify theft?

the border police would be overwhelmed, as people would keep trying to sneak in over and over again until they succeeded.

Send them back the first time, but warn them that if they try again they will go to jail.

but whose ancestors killed the inhabitants to take that land, should have open borders. After all, what's happening to them now is practically less than nothing compared to what their ancestors did.

That's kind of harsh...

A loaded question calls for a balancing answer.

Crossing a border ought to be, of itself, a trivial civil offense - it's just a matter of paperwork.

That is, of course, separate from any illegal PURPOSES one crosses the border for. If you're a killer, you're a killer. If you're looking for a job, you're looking for a job.

dominated by illegal immigration.

It is not a worldwide code or anything.

that they were about the size of the US with 1/10 the population and incredible natural resources. They could take in 100 million and not blink an eye.

Good to see that you keep your eye on the important issues

...can have control over their custody and keep them in a locked room when they are not raising their kids or srubbing their floors. When they are too old to work then we eat them.

If they have a criminal history outside of just living somewhere illegally then they should be punished using the laws of the country they have immigrated to.

OR the more likely option is to punish those that do not have a criminal history by making them either pay back taxes or a higher tax rate that matches the amount of time they were in a country illegally. Something to that effect. Then let them apply for citizenship.

Mexico they probably won't let him in.

Was the convict given a fair trial? If so then each country should be responsible for it's serious offenders/criminals. I think there could be a system (or not) that could re-evaluate lesser criminals that do no real harm to give them a path to immigration. Then again maybe we should just stick with each country handling our own when it comes to crime. It's an interesting issue.

to subvert democracy in the immigrant's country of origin, deport them and wish them well.

If the Feds can't do that, they get citizenship AND reparations.

Are there immigration charges against him?