Yet an American doing it would be charged with a felony and tried in federal court.
Illegal immigrants have and are being tried for felonies committed in the United States.
California, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and other states have quite a population of illegal migrants there for felonies.
The illegal migrant population in some prisons is over twenty percent of the total prison populations.
Just another item for the tax payer to pick up. Just another example of our secure borders.