Look at it this way. If we managed to stop all illegal people...

Look at it this way. If we managed to stop all illegal people smugglers, how will the asylum seekers, legitimate or not, get here on boats? Perhaps that's a good thing but then the bleeding hearts of the left can't then say we are not less humane. If anything we would be almost complicit with an agenda to stop legitimate asylum seekers from seeking refuge here. No matter how you look at it, there's a definite contradiction here.