And I've never avoided the fact he is illegal. I'm fine with throwing him out of the country, I simply am one of those who doesn't think we should take all his money away because he is illegal. If there are real criminal charges against him, and those charges lead to fines, I'm fine with making him pay those fines from the money he has.
It is a
crime to willfully fail to file one of these
currency export reports, punishable by up to 10 years in jail and a $500,000 fine under certain circumstances. This has been the law since at least 1984. There are also provisions for criminal civil forfeiture of the amounts taken out of the country, which do not require willfulness. Just because you don't like the law doesn't make it legal.
It is a crime to willfully fail to file one of these currency export reports, punishable by up to 10 years in jail and a $500,000 fine under certain circumstances. This has been the law since at least 1984. There are also provisions for criminal civil forfeiture of the amounts taken out of the country, which do not require willfulness. Just because you don't like the law doesn't make it legal.This is an important point, and is similar to the argument used against capital punishment, that it might kill an innocent man.
If the law is unjust, immoral or illegal, change the law.
If the law is unjustly applied, correct the injustice.
If the law is applied equally to all, and the system chooses to maintain it on the books, there is no moral, ethical or legal bar to its continuity.