Post #1435315
2026-04-13 00:27 UTC
Yeah a lot of people don’t realize that being in the U.S without like asylum status or a green card, work visa, whatever. … Yeah it’s not illegal.
You can get in some trouble in the form of deportation and restricted from coming back.
But on the books. It’s not illegal.
Thats what the magas don’t get either.
“Well they shouldn’t have been here illegally”
They weren’t. No one is here illegally because there are no laws against it. Just regulations.
This is also why it actually is illegal to arrest them and put them in prisons or long term camps just for being undocumented.
That’s kidnapping and illegal imprisonment.
Replies (4)
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@raccoonwilliam777@lemmy.zip 2026-04-13 04:00
No offense, but if you don’t detain them then how can you document them properly?
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@fred_garvin@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 02:24
Who doesn’t get it? Hey you got to tell these government officials that they are wasting their time. I also heard that there’s a child molester in charge of a country of not child molesters. And they are speaking truth to power but are so powerless that were actually lying.
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@IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 00:40
shithole country
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@WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 20:20
Yeah, the only actual crime is sneaking across the border. But most people here "illegally" didn't even do that. Most undocumented immigrants didn't pay some coyote to sneak them across the US-Mexican border. Most come here completely legally through ordinary travel options and overstay their visas.