Illegal Immigration has become a hot-button issue once again (not that it ever stopped being one) ever since Donald Trump used his presidential announcements to play to fears about immigrants that have existed in this country longer than it's even been a country.

Donald Trump has painted with too broad a brush by characterizing illegal immigrants as "rapists and murderers". Are some illegal immigrants murderers? Sadly, some are. But as Robert Durst has shown us, so are some billionaires. Some illegal immigrants are rapists, but so are some beloved comedians.

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Trump has also made it almost impossible to be in favor of a secure border policy without being lumped in with him as a racist and a fear-monger.

Here are some of the calls we've taken on this issue in the past couple of days.

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