There are a number of books which state Al Capone was an immigrant. But there historians who do say Capone was born in the U.S. No matter what the case, the idea of my column was to illustrate laws pertaining to legal American citizens--whether immigrants or not--do not apply to those who came to the United States illegally.
Daniel T. Zanoza
There certainly are. And those books are all incorrect.
No matter what the case, the idea of my column was to illustrate laws pertaining to legal American citizens--whether immigrants or not--do not apply to those who came to the United States illegally.
You picked a poor thesis to write your article around: not only was Al Capone not an immigrant, he also completely flouted the law egregiously for decades and the only way that was found to stop him and similar criminals was to pass new tax laws and subsequently convict criminals under them.
Al Capone, a native-born citizen of the United States, violated the law thousands of times with complete and total impunity until he was finally brought to justice using the tax code instead of the criminal code.
By citing him as your primary example you completely undermine your own case.