That seems to be the question that anti-immigrant racists ask themselves when dealing with people who abuse “illegals.” Take this story:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A bailiff who forgot about a woman locked in a courthouse holding cell and left her there for four days without food, water or access to a bathroom has been suspended for 30 days but will keep his job, officials said Wednesday.
If it’s your job to care for a human being and you leave them locked in a cell for four days without food, water or access to the bathroom, you should face more serious consequences than a 30-day suspension. Unless, I suppose, your charge is less than human — and in this case, she’s being treated that way because she’s here illegally.
I’ll just second what Vox says. Consequences would be much more serious if this had happened to a nice white lady. And “immigrants are only people if they have the documents to prove it in today’s America, I guess.”