Well yes it is a deterrent to the real bad actors.
Real baddies do not want to get caught in this net.
Saw some ahole the other day that was so dumb and illiterate he handed over a warrant to Tx authority’s to demonstrate his bonefides LOL
He was promptly handed to ICE will prolly be prosecuted and deported.
Still, we have this illegal immigration problem, I can not get my own family here!
Our System IS Broken!
I’m not so sure he would be prosecuted. Didn’t Obama recently free something like 60,000 from our prisons who were convicted of everything from tax fraud, ID theft to rape and murder??