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They are not criminals (5.00 / 2) (#4)
by Jeralyn on Thu May 17, 2007 at 11:21:17 PM EST
Undocumented residents who entered without proper papers or overstayed their visas are in violation of immigration civil statutes, not the criminal laws.  

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Criminal background check? (none / 0) (#5)
by dkmich on Fri May 18, 2007 at 05:18:35 AM EST
How do you do that in a foreign country?  I don't think we have a clue who we are letting in legally or otherwise.

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I don't have a clue... (none / 0) (#7)
by kdog on Fri May 18, 2007 at 11:38:26 AM EST
about what the guy next to me on the bus is capable of, I don't know if he has a criminal record, I don't know if he's a citizen, I don't know if he's a sinner or a saint.  

That's life...I don't mind.  Once somebody spits out the womb, they are part of the human race, free to roam the orb they were spit out on, deserving of basic human dignity.

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Until.........they forfeit that right. n/t (none / 0) (#11)
by dkmich on Sat May 19, 2007 at 07:11:16 AM EST


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Yeah... (none / 0) (#15)
by kdog on Sat May 19, 2007 at 08:51:57 AM EST
by killing, raping, stealing....not by crossing imaginary lines.

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If all they did was (none / 0) (#8)
by sarcastic unnamed one on Fri May 18, 2007 at 11:39:08 AM EST
enter without proper papers or overstay their visas
then, technically, you'd be right.

Thing is, many of their activities while they're here, as a result of the illegalness of their alieness, are criminal.

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