Friedersdorf connects the dots between cops cracking down on lemonade stands and the immigration debate:
If an advocate of municipal business licensing wanted to strengthen support for such laws and their strict enforcement, they'd further their cause by carving out exceptions for kids with lemonade stands, and ending the parade of newspaper stories that cause Americans of all ideological stripes to say, "What the hell is wrong with this country, that the police are shutting down lemonade stands." In just the same way, Krikorian and other restrictionists would strengthen their position by refining the law in a way that showed mercy to certain classes of illegal immigrants. Doing so wouldn't weaken the rule of law. It would strengthen it by making the law less absurd.
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