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To: sjmjax
Republicans don’t have the urgency and Democrats won’t allow it.

Most likely.

But it is a fool's choice. Amnesty generally applies to those convicted of a crime. For the millions of illegals that have not been convicted, it wouldn't be an option.

Now if the gov says it applies, then my choice is both. Amnesty as a matter of record with serious jail time if they come back and send them home.

16 posted on 05/23/2024 11:33:49 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Cert's of States allowing noncitizens to vote for fed offices should not be accepted on Jan 6, 2025.)
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To: frog in a pot
But it is a fool's choice. Amnesty generally applies to those convicted of a crime. For the millions of illegals that have not been convicted, it wouldn't be an option.

Being here illegally is a crime, a misdemeanor. If you have been deported previously and return, it is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. It is illegal to work here for an illegal or for an employer to hire him. Illegal aliens commit other crimes like identity theft, creating false SSNs, etc.

19 posted on 05/23/2024 11:41:41 AM PDT by kabar
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To: frog in a pot; sjmjax
Amnesty

Black's Law Dctionary, 11th ed.

amnesty. n. [16c] 1. A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usu. for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted undocumented aliens already present in the country> • Unlike an ordinary pardon amnesty is usu. addressed to crimes against state sovereignty — that is to political offenses with respect tol which forgiveness is deemed more expedient for the public welfare than prosecution and punishment. Amnesty is usu. general, addressed to classes or even communities. — Also termed general pardon.

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An electronic search indicates the word undocumented does not appear in the Act of 1986. In 1986, undocumented had not yet entered the realm of verbal polution.

https://www.congress.gov/99/statute/STATUTE-100/STATUTE-100-Pg3445.pdf

"Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986".

The Act contains some relevant titles.

TITLE I—CONTROL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

"SEC. 274A. (a) MAKING EMPLOYMENT OF UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS UNLAWFUL.—

TITLE V—STATE ASSISTANCE FOR INCARCERATION COSTS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS AND CERTAIN CUBAN NATIONALS

Sec. 501. Reimbursement of States for costs of incarcerating illegal aliens and certain Cuban nationals.


33 posted on 05/23/2024 1:04:39 PM PDT by woodpusher
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