Posted on 11/11/2019 7:37:18 PM PST by Theoria
A 1986 federal law makes it a crime to encourage unauthorized immigrants to come to or stay in the United States.
The statute potentially criminalizes the simple words spoken to a son, a wife, a parent, a friend, a neighbor, a co-worker, a student, a client I encourage you to stay here, Judge A. Wallace Tashima wrote last year for a unanimous panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, in striking down the law.
The law applies to a grandmother urging a grandchild to overstay a visa or a lawyer advising a client to stay in the country while fighting deportation, Judge Tashima wrote. It may cover public officials helping immigrants in sanctuary cities and perhaps even speeches at immigration rallies, he wrote.
Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the law can be squared with the First Amendment. The case, United States v. Sineneng-Smith, No. 19-67, is one of several significant immigration matters on the courts docket. On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration can rescind protections for so-called Dreamers. Later in the term, it will consider whether immigrants can go to court to challenge orders calling for their expedited removal.
The First Amendment case concerns Evelyn Sineneng-Smith, who ran an immigration consulting firm in San Jose, Calif. Her clients, mostly from the Philippines, worked without authorization in the home health care industry.
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I agree with you 100%
If the US can no longer control immigration she is no longer a sovereign nation.
Yep.
Quite correct!
No difference between "Sneak across the border at 2 a.m. tonight, along that stretch where the patrol is thin" and "Shoot her in the head when she walks out of the store."
In both cases, someone is being encouraged to commit a crime.
Regards,
How would they feel if govt officials encouraged tax evasion?
Democrats aren't going to bribe themselves. That's what the Mexican cartels are for.
And speaking of nations that are no longer sovereign - we have one just to the south of us that has to let captured drug cartel chiefs go because the army and police forces are outgunned.
What about the Americans who organize trips into the desert to leave food, water and provide medical care for border-jumpers?
Gee whiz, I’ll bet she boffs the janitor under her desk, too.
I don’t think so. Is it a crime to suggest or encourage someone to rob a bank or deal drugs? Nope.
However, if someone is encouraged to break our immigration laws, by overstaying a visa-coming here pregnant so they can give birth to a citizen-come here so they can go to an ER and get medical care-come here and claim some BS asylum, and they do, once they are deported they will NEVER, EVER, NEVER,EVER, NEVER get to return the Good Ol’ US of A, for any reason whatsoever. No reason. None. Nothing. Nada. Nothing.
Name on a list, so if they show a passport they’ll be denied entry. Only other way to come in, is illegally, meaning straight to the nearest detention facility waiting on their deportation.
Epstein is dead
We will find out soon if they had something on him or if he is a sozialist
True, if it was connected to the Epstein scandal. It could be other things besides that, as it is surely not the only scandal or crime out there waiting to be exposed. 8>)
You're right ...
It’s called “Aiding and Abetting”.
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