The answer is that they always claim it's a civil offense, not a criminal offense, despite there being felonies associated with it.
- How do you fix that without getting Congress to change the laws, which we all know will never happen?
- You get creative.
The Justice Department has begun the first criminal prosecutions of migrants who breach a newly expanded military zone at the southern border that is patrolled by U.S. troops, threatening people with additional penalties for crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
At least 28 migrants were charged Monday with crossing into the 170-mile long “National Defense Area,” a 60-foot strip of land that stretches across the bottom of New Mexico and has effectively been turned into part of a U.S. military installation...
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