How is illegal border crossing only a “civil” crime? That makes it sound like all the US Government can do is try to get a financial settlement from them, and nothing more.
This can’t be.
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He specifies LIVING here is not a crime. He is careful not to say enterring the US illegally is not a crime. He claims that most illegals are here because they overstayed their VISAS! I’m not kidding; he really wrote that! So by dismissing entry, he then focuses on mere “violation” so illegals won’t worry about going to jail or being considered a criminal. Or maybe that part was for CA residents to stop calling them criminals for enterring the US by criminal means.
| As Trump Barricades the Border, Legal Immigration Is Beginning to Plunge. President Trump’s border wall is beginning to rise, but a thick curtain of policy changes is more responsible for suppressing the flow of immigrants into the country. | ||
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02/24/2020 5:10:43 AM PST · by karpov · 39 replies New York Times ^ | February 24, 2020 | Zolan Kanno-YoungsWASHINGTON — President Trump’s immigration policies — like travel bans and visa restrictions or refugee caps and asylum changes — have begun to deliver on a longstanding goal: Legal immigration has fallen more than 11 percent and a steeper cut is looming. While Mr. Trump highlights the construction of a border wall to stress his war on illegal immigration, it is through policy changes, not physical barriers, that his administration has been able to seal the United States. Two more measures were to take effect by Monday, an expansion of his travel ban and strict wealth tests on green card... |
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