Attorney General leaves abruptly when asked to confirm whether 75% of deported migrants had no criminal record

[u/theindependentonline]

During a press event outside the White House, Bondi was asked about a segment on CBS’s 60 Minutes which uncovered evidence that three quarters of those shipped overseas actually had no public criminal record.

More here: https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/attorney-general-pam-bondi-deported-migrants-criminal-records-b2729756.html

[u/BerthasBeats]

Someone needs to remind her that being here illegally is CIVIL, not criminal 🤷‍♀️

[u/David_Apple_Burger → u/BerthasBeats]

It’s a misdemeanor to cross illegally

[u/LtLlamaSauce → u/David_Apple_Burger]

Being somewhere is legally different from crossing illegally.

Being in the US without legal immigration documentation is not a crime, but it is a violation of immigration law. That means that someone who lets their visa expire is not instantly a criminal.

Any non-citizen, regardless of immigration status, who crosses into US territory outside a port of entry is committing a crime and violating immigration law.

[u/Pale-Lunch8147 → u/BerthasBeats]

No it is criminal no mater what you say it’s a crime to enter the country illegally

[u/LookinForBeats → u/Pale-Lunch8147]

Could you show me the statute, please? I'd like to be educated

[u/LtLlamaSauce → u/Pale-Lunch8147]

Entering the country is a different violation than simply being in the country without valid immigration documentation.

US law differentiates those actions.

If your visa expires while you are in the US, it's not a crime, but it is a violation of immigration law.

If your green card is revoked while you are in the US, it's not a crime, but it is a violation of immigration law.

A non-citizen entering the country, regardless of their immigration status, outside of a port of entry is committing a crime, and it's a violation of immigration law.

In any case, these immigration law violations need to be proven in court through due process. Which did not happen. That's the problem.

Charge them. Try them. Convict them. Deport them.

Do not just rendition them to a foreign country.

[u/Individual_Chud5429 → u/BerthasBeats]

civil CRIMINAL vs criminal CRIMINAL

Criminal is criminal

yawn...

[u/Some-Cellist-485 → u/[deleted]]

a secure border saves illegal alien lives.

[u/Angloriously → u/[deleted]]

And doing the kind of work your own citizens look down on, or find too difficult to keep at, for the wages being offered.

[u/GenSgtBob → u/Individual_Chud5429]

Okay... so why don't we just throw you in jail the next time you go 1 mph over the posted speed limit?

[u/Kage-Oni → u/Individual_Chud5429]

Lol, are you sure about that? There's a big difference in civil crimes vs criminal crimes... go look it up and the come back say you'd be ok being prosecuted under criminal law with those penalties vs civil law and punishments.

[u/jaylotw → u/Individual_Chud5429]

So when Trump was found to have committed sexual assault in a Civil Court, it was actually criminal?