06-21-2019, 05:20 PM
(06-21-2019, 04:59 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Well something doesn't add up. I've been told that crossing our border illegally is a crime and now you're telling me crossing our border illegally is not a crime. I'm sure you can understand my confusion.
It's also hard to wrap my head around you can willfully break the law and it not be a crime.
If you come to the border and request asylum you are not breaking any law or committing any crime, but you have to be detained until your amnesty claim is resolved...…No crime. No violation of any regulation.
If you enter the country legally and your visa expires or you don't comply with the proper regulations then you are here illegally, but you still have not committed a crime. It is just a civil violation of a regulation. The penalty is deportation just like the penalty for a zoning violation can be removal of the building....Violation of regulation, but still no crime.
If you cross the border illegally instead of asking for asylum THEN you have broken a law. But it is still just a misdemeanor and the penalty is usually just deportation......Crime.
Get it now?
