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Deportation program targets felons but nets those without criminal records
sun-sentinel. ^
| February 16, 2014
| William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau
Posted on 02/16/2014 8:24:05 AM PST by moonshinner_09
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"The controversy is that they also pick up people who have committed misdemeanors, minor crimes.What is considered minor crimes by their standards ?
To: moonshinner_09
They were among 17,723 illegal immigrants deported from the state overall as part of the fingerprint-sharing program called Secure Communities, which was designed to tap information from local police to remove those who commit major crimes. Wouldn't violating the sovereignty of another country be a major crime? It seems to be in nearly every other country in the world. Just try to illegally enter Mexico from the south.
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posted on
02/16/2014 8:29:27 AM PST
by
Dutch Boy
To: moonshinner_09
Crossing the border illegally IS a felony....
Azzhats!
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posted on
02/16/2014 8:29:49 AM PST
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: moonshinner_09
If the federal “government” was doing its job, they’d have criminal records. Geez. This isn’t rocket science. Current immigration laws are the “law of the land”. Unfortunately, it’s another “law of the land” that law enforcement is refusing to enforce.
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posted on
02/16/2014 8:36:28 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(As government expands, liberty contracts. - President Ronald W. Reagan)
To: moonshinner_09
A program intended to remove illegal immigrants who are felons and terrorists has resulted in nearly 6,000 people with no known criminal records being deported from Florida over the past five years, federal records show. In the last five years they made the mistake of illegally voting for Republicans. Had they voted illegally for Bolshies they would have gotten certificates of good citizenship and a pat on the back.
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posted on
02/16/2014 8:36:54 AM PST
by
depressed in 06
(America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
To: moonshinner_09
If you’re here illegally, in my mind, you are a criminal. Deport them all.
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posted on
02/16/2014 8:37:04 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: b4its2late
They should all be deported because they are a direct threat to the country. What is illegal immigration? It’s bypassing the check points that were put in place to protect the country. So any number of these invaders could be serial killers for all we know.
When liberals like to yell “Oh they are people who just want to work” I like to say “No they are killers with records as long as a telephone book who want to mass slaughter” I mean how can you tell? They could be killers just as much as people who want to work and judging by how many people they do kill that’s not far off the mark.
http://www.ojjpac.org/memorial.asp
To: moonshinner_09
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posted on
02/16/2014 8:47:33 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: moonshinner_09
>>A program intended to remove illegal immigrants who are felons and terrorists has resulted in nearly 6,000 people with no known criminal records being deported from Florida over the past five years.<<
Good.
Enrtering the US illegaly IS a crime.
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posted on
02/16/2014 8:57:52 AM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
To: moonshinner_09
Immigrating illegal automatically earns one a criminal record.
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posted on
02/16/2014 9:07:18 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: moonshinner_09
“...no known criminal records “
well that should be easy enough to fix...
willful ignorance is a terrible thing!
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posted on
02/16/2014 9:13:36 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
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posted on
02/16/2014 9:34:25 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Progressive is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: moonshinner_09
And so the problem is what? I must be missing something.
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posted on
02/16/2014 9:49:29 AM PST
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: clee1
I think illegal entry is just a civil infraction, not even a misdemeanor.
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posted on
02/16/2014 9:49:59 AM PST
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: andyk; clee1
Bunk. Entering without inspection is a Federal misdemeanor on the first conviction and.a felony the second time.
8 USC 1325, look it up
It’s a CRIME. A federal crime.
To: clee1
Actually it’s not. But what the news article is suggesting is a massive dose of selective enforcement of the law, letting the lesser offenders off because we didn’t happen to find felons.
8 USC 1325 defines the offense of illegal entry.
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posted on
02/16/2014 10:16:21 AM PST
by
DPMD
To: moonshinner_09
I was started crying as I read how these poor undocumented....Nah< I was actually smiling! They committed a crime the day they ILLEGALLY crossed our border and continued committing crimes every day they remained! What are the consequences for a legal U.S. resident for committing document fraud?
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posted on
02/16/2014 10:26:31 AM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: moonshinner_09
They should not be here to begin with, we should be deporting all of them. Instead we are deporting “some” who have committed additional crimes after they came here illegally and there are complaints about it? This is insanity.
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posted on
02/16/2014 10:30:34 AM PST
by
Tammy8
To: Regulator
So this is what I see, and as usual, it's not exactly straightforward:
(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts
Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
(b) Improper time or place; civil penalties
Any alien who is apprehended while entering (or attempting to enter) the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil penalty of
(1) at least $50 and not more than $250 for each such entry (or attempted entry); or
(2) twice the amount specified in paragraph (1) in the case of an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under this subsection.
Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed.
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posted on
02/16/2014 10:39:35 AM PST
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: andyk
Let me explain it.
1) any offense that does not carry a possibility of imprisonment for 1 year or more is a misdemeanor.
2) any offense that carries such a possibility - more than a year - is a federal felony.
Note the hierarchy in the law.
The fact that civil penalties apply is merely additional to the criminal penalties. You can be fined AND imprisoned.
Still thinks its jaywalking?
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