Subject: Re: We've Become 1970s Chile
Replying to bighairymike
but for violations of civil immigration law. - CO

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Still a crime.

No. The act of being present in the United States in violation of the immigration laws is not, standing alone, a crime. While federal immigration law does criminalize some actions that may be related to undocumented presence in the United States, undocumented presence alone is not a violation of federal criminal law.

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