03-14-2016, 04:50 PM
(03-13-2016, 10:53 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Yea, I don't really see a family working hard, contributing to the economy, and paying taxes as criminals because they don't have documentation.
I should know better than to speak in absolutes.
Many of them aren't criminals even by the definition of the law. Being in the USA illegally is not a crime. The 30-40% of illegal immigrants here are on overstayed visas, and that's a civil infraction. So unless we're labeling all people with a civil infraction as a criminal...but that actually wouldn't surprise me around here.
Another thing is that criminal courts don't give a rat's ass about a person's immigration status. I've worked with many people that admitted in open court that they're an illegal and nothing happens to them. Immigration court is entirely separate.
Edit: I just realized that this was the "Immigrants Suck" thread. Maybe this line of conversation could get moved to one of our 2 open immigrant threads? Now that we have this thread (hallelujah) I don't want to give any incentive for a new thread about a Libyan man jaywalking while looking at a white woman in east fumbuck Bulgaria because this thread turned into illegal stateside immigration.