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To: butterdezillion

So if you are visitor, and have a valid visa, and commit a crime. You can be arrested and taken to jail in the US. It looks to me like you are subject to US jurisdiction.


49 posted on 03/31/2026 7:39:10 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: proxy_user

There are many types of jurisdiction. Criminal acts cause arrest & prison whoever & wherever you are. That is a local jurisdiction action.
American citizens are routinely arrested, tried, convicted & imprisoned in other nations w/o becoming or being considered as citizens of that nation.
Indeed afterserving their sentance they are often deported to their country of citizenship.


52 posted on 03/31/2026 7:55:34 AM PDT by JayGalt (If you give into blackmail, the blackmail never stops)
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To: proxy_user

What if you have no valid visa? That’s what is being discussed.


61 posted on 03/31/2026 9:23:44 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: proxy_user
So if you are visitor, and have a valid visa, and commit a crime. You can be arrested and taken to jail in the US. It looks to me like you are subject to US jurisdiction.

And the first thing they will do is contact their embassy. Can they be drafted? Can they be convicted of treason like a U.S. citizen can?

71 posted on 03/31/2026 10:06:22 AM PDT by NurdlyPeon (It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
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