No. I don't consider a person in our country illegally who boards a plane as "dangerous". The act of entering a country illegally is not indicative of a violent personality. "illegal" is a state of existance, not a character trait.
He's not being fined for being illegal, he's having his money seized for not writing down the number on a piece of paper.
Unfortunately, I believe that the latter is directly the result of the former, his protestations of ignorance notwithstanding...
Demonstrating the ability to willingly break a whole host of laws is not a state of existance. It is a demonstration of character. That is what this man did. From coming here, to staying here to working here to trying to board an airplane to trying to do so with cash above allowed limits.
Yet you ignore all these breaches? You said yourself the best explanation why he didn't "write that number on a piece of paper"......right? Fear of what would happen right? Why was he fearful? Because he knew he was breaking laws and he knew that he gained that money thru illegal means. You know it too, you just want to ignore that part so you can snap off about siezures.
He got that money siezed because he didn't follow the rules. Pick one, there are so many he did not follow that all fit togethr leading to this event. But hey, you can defend him all you want to by ignoring the realities of this individual case. Go for it.