Skylar
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Yeah, but making a misdemenor a felony is accompanied by a longer prison sentence. Which means more jail....more expense....and a longer wait until they can actually be deported.
Maybe just deporting them would be the best approach. Its certainly *far* less expensive than the trial, appeals, multi-year incarceration and THEN deportation.
Convict them, ship them home. We could do it in days.
If we catch them again, then we put them in prison.
That's contrary to 'zero tolerance'. You seem to oppose Trump's plan as well.
How is it contrary to zero tolerance?
Zero Tolerance requires full prosecution and sentences in jail for any offense. And criminal trials take time and are very different that administrative justices in the immigration system. Criminal trials require judges to follow the constitution. Administrative justices must follow the mandates of the Justice Department.
More expense, more time, child separation, multiple branches of the government, cross departmental coordination, all sorts of problems.
Its why virtually every administration before Trump avoided it.
Zero Tolerance requires full prosecution and sentences in jail for any offense.
Where did Trump say that these currently detained illegal aliens should be prosecuted and jailed?
Holding them until their "asylum" claims can be examined is not holding them for prosecution, AFAIK.
Check zero tolerance out:
Attorney General Announces Zero-Tolerance Policy for Criminal Illegal Entry
Attorney General Announces Zero-Tolerance Policy for Criminal Illegal Entry
This is criminal prosecution for any illegal entry. And all expense, resources, time, child separation, and other enormous problems that come with it. This is separate from their policy for asylum seekers.