Asking the tough questions
Jessica McBride, legal scholar, asks in a post today:
How do you criminalize something that's already illegal?
Perhaps her husband, the district attorney, could explain it to her.
Or she could read this handy primer from the National Immigration Law Center, which says, in part:
Section 203 of HR 4437 would make it a crime for immigrants to be in the U.S. in violation of immigration laws or regulations. Immigrants convicted of this crime could be punished by imprisonment for a year and a day and/or a fine. Under current law, unlawful presence is a civil, not a criminal, violation of immigration law.
posted by xoff @ 9:11 AM
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4 Comments:
I'm curious, since I haven't been reading your blog for long. Are you in favor of open borders? Don't you think that if someone broke the law to get here, that they are already criminals?
Focus Cop says: Open borders are a different point. Go look for a posting on that to debate it.
And Focus Cop also says: Read the original point on this again to try to get this point about the difference between civil and criminal law.
Here's a hint: If you have broken a civil law -- say, jaywalked -- are you a criminal? Why aren't you in jail then, instead of sitting at your computer trying to sidetrack this discussion?
Um, skippy, I was asking a legitimate question, not trying to side track any discussion. Let me guess, you're like a hall monitor with napoleon syndrome? I addressed the question to Xoff. It's just a question with no nefarious motives. Have a nice day.
Um, bippy, of course it's a legitimate question. It's just not a relevant one, as the original post was about her lack of knowledge about the difference between types of law, not the specific immigration law. You have a nice day, too.
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