deanhills
Active Member
What do you think? If someone should be in the United States illegally without a visa, or has a lapsed visa, is that a crime or a civil violation?
Looks as though the issue has become a very politicized one, but then the law seems to be pretty clear that it is a crime. If you are an illegal immigrant you can be sent to jail, except illegal immigrants never get sent to jail, they get to be detained and then shipped back to their country. However quite a large number of those find their way back into the country.
The Republicans want to make it a crime and the Democrats want it to be a civil violation. In the meanwhile how fair is it that United States citizens who get to harbor illegal aliens would be committing a crime and be charged with a crime, however the illegal alien gets to be detained and deported?
Looks as though the issue has become a very politicized one, but then the law seems to be pretty clear that it is a crime. If you are an illegal immigrant you can be sent to jail, except illegal immigrants never get sent to jail, they get to be detained and then shipped back to their country. However quite a large number of those find their way back into the country.
The Republicans want to make it a crime and the Democrats want it to be a civil violation. In the meanwhile how fair is it that United States citizens who get to harbor illegal aliens would be committing a crime and be charged with a crime, however the illegal alien gets to be detained and deported?