Not Quite Illegal
This from WND just floored me. Original quote here. It’s worth a read even thou it’s a bit long.
“[Federal law] declares an alien’s unsanctioned entry into the United States to be a crime. While Congress has criminalized illegal entry into this country, it has not made the continued presence of an illegal alien in the United States a crime unless the illegal alien has previously been deported and has again entered this country illegally,” the court opinion said. “[Federal law] makes it a felony for an alien who has been deported to thereafter reenter the United States or at anytime thereafter be found in the United States.”
The court ruling explained that those entering the United States illegally are subject to deportation, which can be based on “any number of factors.”
“However, while an illegal alien is subject to deportation, that person’s ongoing presence in the United States is and of itself is not a crime unless that person had been previously deported and regained illegal entry into this country,” the ruling, written by Judge Patrick McAnany, said.
So the only thing illegal about an illegal alien is getting into the country. Once he’s accomplished that, he’s set. Although I can’t see why one would ignore the fact that being here is evidence of committing the crime of entering illegally and thus be subject to deportation.
More commentary at ALIPAC.
