“...every illegal is a felon to begin with.”
I think it’s a typo. There’s a word missing.
But if it was meant to say that every illegal is a felon, then that would be plain wrong. You may not like it and I may not like it, but just being in the country without proper authorization IS NOT A FELONY.
That may be true but many felonies occur after entering. Look at all the document fraud that was going on in Iowa. If Americans did that they could expect jail time but the most these "migrants" will get is a free trip back home, if even that.
You know you're going to get some flack for this from the diehard anti-illegal-immigrant crowd.
In any case, I agree with you. The only thing I disagreed with Tancredo on was his wacky idea of making all illegal aliens felons by dint of their coming here illegally.
Making all illegal aliens felons is only going to disrupt the process of their self-deportation.
>>>>>>You may not like it and I may not like it, but just being in the country witout proper authorization IS NOT A FELONY.
True enough, but every re-entry after an adjudicated deportation proceeding (e.g., by the CIS/ICE immigration court) IS a felony.
IT damn sure should be!
violating our borders and entering illegally USED to be a felony but the dimocrat controlled congress in 1986 reduced the penalty to a misdemeanor when they approved the amnesty for the purported 400,000 illegals then in the country (which turned out to be 4M instead).