Let's say 99% of illegals are just looking for a better life, are good people, want a job, and will end up paying taxes and eventually assimilating.
And let's say 1% are criminal psychopaths, which is the actual estimate in the general population. Assume for the sake of argument that the rate of psychopathy among illegals is no higher than that among U.S. citizens.
Almost 7.3 million illegals crossed the border just during the Biden administration, as of February, 2024.
7,300,000 x .01 = 73,000.
So we have 73,000 newly arrived criminally inclined psychopaths just in the past 3 years.
So the argument that illegals are simply looking to escape poverty and be accepted with open arms is technically correct 99% of the time, but doesn't hold water if you are trying to defend the idea that we should just let them all in. A process of vetting would weed out those with a violent criminal history, ties to terrorist organizations, or no discernible job skills meaning they'd just be a parasite. Without control over who enters our country, we aren't a country; no point in even having borders.
I also like to point out the hypocrisy of the left when it comes to illegal aliens vs gun control.
They say that illegals are "mostly peaceful" and looking for work to improve their lives. Only a few of them are criminals. You shouldn't punish the majority because of a small minority.
But when it comes to gun control, even though most gun owners are law abiding and peaceful, the left wants to take guns away from everyone because a few are criminally inclined or mentally ill.
The only difference is that gun ownership is constitutionally protected and legal but illegally entering the country is not.