Every illegal alien is a criminal, it's in the name. Yeah, liberals are that dumb not to notice the obvious.
Crossing the border illegally can result in both criminal and civil charges. For criminal penalties, they may be subject to up to six months in jail and a fine for their first offense, and any subsequent offenses can reach two years in prison. Generally, a first time charge of improper entry, when assigned criminal charges, will likely only be a misdemeanor, dependent on a lack of aggravating factors. However, any offenses after that may result in a felony charge.
For civil charges, they can be fined $50 to $250 for the first entry and $100 to $500 for every reentry after that. The law also notes that civil charges should only be pressed in addition to criminal charges, not instead of.
Improper entry and repeat offenses were outlined in 8 U.S. Code § 1325, but there are a few other laws that lay out more specifics of what lawful presence is and what penalties come with violating it. In the next section,
8 U.S. Code § 1326, there are more punishments outlined for aggravating circumstances, especially those in which the immigrant had already been removed from the country. This law applies to those who have “been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding,” and makes it a felony for them to enter, attempt to enter, or be in the U.S. It does provide several exceptions, including special permission from the Attorney General. A basic violation of this law can result in up to two years in prison, a fine, or both.
From there, it breaks down punishments for immigrants to reenter the country after being removed for certain reasons. If they were removed for committing three or more misdemeanors involving drugs or crimes against a person or for a felony (not including aggravated felonies), the prison time may increase to ten years. Reentry after removal as a result of an aggravated felony doubles that time to twenty years. Those who were deported before completing their sentence will be subject to completing the full length of their sentence, not eligible for parole, as well as other punishments for reentry.
While crossing the border illegally may come with criminal and/or civil charges and penalties, it is not likely that a defendant will be charged with a felony in most first-time offender cases.
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