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First, illegal aliens are not currently criminals. They have committed a misdemeanor civil offense under current law by entering or remaining in the United States once their visas expire, but the House-passed immigration bill would automatically make these offenses criminal felonies.
https://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/lindachavez/2006/04/05/192544.html
Those people who are convicted of misdemeanors are often punished with probation, community service or part-time imprisonment, served on the weekends.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misdemeanor
I'm not a lawyer, but isn't it against the rules to make an action illegal, or MORE illegal, after the fact?
I'd be less disturbed by all this if I wasn't seeing/hearing rhetoric directed at those whom the speaker has NO WAY of knowing if that person is "illegal" or not. Directed simply at those who look Hispanic, or sound Hispanic. e.g.: I was with a friend at a department store. We used the restrooms. Another couple of women were washing their hands, speaking Spanish to each other. My friend's rant after leaving? "I wish to hell they'd just go home! We don't need them!"
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Illegal Aliens are not criminal. Wow.
Let's see. They sneak into the country not going thru the normal channels thereby violating US law, but it is not illegal.
Must have been a product of the public school system to think like that.
Lina Chavez ~~ fomous Republican, lol!
Career in Republican Administrations
Chavez has held a number of appointed positions. In 1983, though she was still ostensibly a Democrat, Chavez was appointed by President Reagan to be Staff Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a position which she held for two years. In 1985, Chavez switched her registration to Republican, and was appointed White House Director of Public Liaison. Other positions to which she has been appointed include: membership on the Administrative Conference of the United States (1984-1986), and Chair of the National Commission on Migrant Education (1988-1992).
In 2001, President George W. Bush nominated her for Secretary of Labor, but the nomination was withdrawn after it was revealed that she had once employed an illegal immigrant who lived in her home. While Chavez contended that she had not actually employed the woman, but had merely provided her with assistance, the distinction was lost on both the American people and the President.
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