nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

You're just arguing. I*****l a***n is just as legit as undocumented alien is. I will continue to use it and you will know exactly what I mean.

BIRDMAN

People were just coming here that’s the biggest BS story I’ve ever heard you had to have a sponsor And if you cannot contribute to this country guess what you were deported

BIRDMAN

If you want to learn more about i*****l a***ns I suggest you watch the movie Cheech and Chong up in smoke

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Is It a Crime to Enter the U.S. Illegally?

Whether it's by crossing the U.S. border with a "coyote" or buying a f**e U.S. passport, a foreign national who enters the U.S. illegally can be both convicted of a crime and held responsible for a civil violation under the U.S. i*********n l*ws. Illegal entry also carries consequences for anyone who might later attempt to apply for a green card or other immigration benefit.

The penalties and consequences get progressively more severe if a person enters the United States illegally more than once, or enters illegally after a final order of removal (deportation) or after having been convicted of an aggravated felony.

What Is Illegal Entry to the United States?

U.S. i*********n l*w actually uses the term "improper entry," which has a broad meaning. It's more than just slipping across the U.S. border at an unguarded point. Improper entry can include:

entering or attempting to enter the United States at any time or place other than one designated by U.S. immigration officers (in other words, away from a border inspection point or other port of entry)
eluding examination or inspection by U.S. immigration officers (people have tried everything from digging tunnels to hiding in the trunk of a friend's car)
attempting to enter or obtain entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or willful concealment of a material fact (which might include, for example, lying on a visa application or buying a false green card or other entry document).

(See Title 8, Section 1325 of the U.S. Code (U.S.C.), or Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (I.N.A.) for the exact statutory language.

Criminal Penalties for Improper Entry to the United States

For the first improper entry offense, the person can be fined (as a criminal penalty), or imprisoned for up to six months, or both.

For a subsequent offense, the person can be fined or imprisoned for up to two years, or both. (See 8 U.S.C. Section 1325, I.N.A. Section 275.)

But just in case that isn't enough to deter illegal entrants, a separate section of the law adds penalties for reentry (or attempted reentry) in cases where the person had been convicted of certain types of crimes and thus removed (deported) from the U.S., as follows:

People removed for a conviction of three or more misdemeanors involving drugs, crimes against the person, or both, or a felony (other than an aggravated felony), shall be fined, imprisoned for up to ten years, or both.
People removed for a conviction of an aggravated felony shall be fined, imprisoned for up to 20 years, or both.
People who were excluded or removed from the United States for security reasons shall be fined, and imprisoned for up to ten years, which sentence shall not run concurrently with any other sentence.
Nonviolent offenders who were removed from the United States before their prison sentence was up shall be fined, imprisoned for up to ten years, or both.

What's more, someone deported before completing their prison sentence may be incarcerated for the remainder of the sentence, without any reduction for parole or supervised release.

(See 8 U.S.C. Section 1326, I.N.A. Section 276.)

Civil Penalties for Unlawful Entry to the United States

Entry (or attempted entry) at a place other than one designated by immigration officers carries additional civil penalties. The amount is at least $50 and not more than $250 for each such entry (or attempted entry); or twice that amount if the illegal entrant has been previously fined a civil penalty for the same violation. (See 8 U.S.C. Section 1325, I.N.A. Section 275.)

Immigration Consequences of an Improper U.S. Entry

A person who comes to the United States without permission of U.S. immigration authorities is inadmissible. To learn more about inadmissibility, see Who Can't Get Into The United States?

In practice, that usually means that if the person happened to became theoretically eligible for a green card or other immigration status, they would be ineligible to adjust status within the United States. By leaving the U.S. and applying from overseas, the inadmissibility problem could potentially be solved; unless the person had already stayed in the U.S. for six months or more without a right to be there. In that case, they would run into a separate ground of inadmissibility, based on "unlawful presence" in the United States. (For more on how that affects one's possibilities of obtaining a green card, see Legal Options for an Undocumented Immigrant to Stay in the U.S.)

If someone was removed from the U.S. (deported) on the basis of a conviction for an aggravated felony (other than illegal entry or reentry), then the improper entry itself is considered to be an aggravated felony. (See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(O).) Having one of more aggravated felonies on one's record is a huge problem, because aggravated felonies bar a person from virtually all immigration benefits, and are also a ground of deportability (under 8 U.S.C. 1227, I.N.A. Section 237).

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Big Bass

Because they are law breakers. Surely that’s law school 101, mr knowitall, lawyer.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

He refuses to acknowledge, being her because they broke the law, maks them fugitives of justice. It means they will hide from the law. On the lamb. Illegal.

Per him, wanting guys who run stop signs fined or jailed, is bigotry. So it is. I am intolerant to people who break the law or who live illegal lives, mooching off of us.

Big Bass

That is the difference between c****es and patriots (us). The commis have been promised soreass’s money if they destroy this Country. He will renege on his promise. The c****es will be left high and dry, with no place to go but jail.

Army

Shes a Witch like her dad

Army

She is a Witch

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

I know!!

Army

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas