[JSteff]

"Because he didn't fill out a form correctly, the government has the right to take away HIS money? You sure you want to stick with your opinion?"

No, because he is here ILLEGALLY his earnings were not legal. He made them because he committed a crime, actually several.

Unless you are a Democratic congress person you have no right to keep money you obtain during the commission of a crime.

So unless he is made into a Louisiana congressman he should get to keep nothing. Otherwise, if a drug dealer comes here and makes money selling drugs to U.S. citizens... using your reasoning he should be able to keep all the money if he fills out the forms right.

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[CharlesWayneCT]

Your opinion of what should be notwithstanding, the money was NOT taken from him because he was illegal. The law does not allow the seizure of assets in a deportation.

The confiscation had nothing to do with him being illegal. It was confiscated because he did not declare it. That made it contraband, and the contraband was taken into custody. A judicial review was held which approved the custody, and the money is now the government's money. The same would happen if YOU put 59,000 in your luggage and didn't tell them.