some laws are more equal than others

Why is it that the people who are most up in arms about the Bush Administration’s violations of the FISA regulations are often the same people who think we should just ignore the widespread violations of our immigration laws? How do you justify taking the president to task when he offers the same justification for ignoring the law, that the present laws are outdated and don’t reflect the reality of the day, as that put forth by those supporting illegal immigrants?

(Personally, I think the president should be held accountable and I also think that the government should, as much as is possible, enforce the current immigration laws even if that does mean mass deportations. However, I also think we need immediate changes made to allow more legal immigrants entrée as our country can clearly handle many more than the present system permits.)