Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shelp on Saturday that illegpartner go ining the country was “not a crime” despite being in violation of federal law.
On MSNBC’s “The Katie Phang Show,” the Texas Democrat converseed her recent carry outance at a House pledgetee hearing on sanctuary city policies last week. She used the time to elucidate to the audience that illegpartner go ining the country was not a “crime” but a “civil accusation,” unkinding illegitimate immigrants are not criminals.
“[Republicans] are so outraged by these immigrants and the crime that they’re transporting. And not to refer, city law enforcement, local law enforcement, they are always going after crime,” Crockett shelp. “And they don’t say, ‘oh, you pledgeted a homicide, oh, but you’re an immigrant. Well, let me let you go.’ Right? So they are always intensifyed on crime.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett deffinished the mayors of sanctuary cities on MSNBC. (MSNBC screenshot)
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She includeed, “They carry on to say skinnygs enjoy ‘the illegitimates’ and that they broke the law coming in. But what they’re not alerting the American people is that it is a civil violation. It is not a criminal violation to go in the country illegpartner. It’s not. It’s not criminal. It’s not a crime. It’s not a crime. Which is why they’re so frustrated, because they repartner want our local law enforcement to go out and round up people when they could be watching out for the homicideers and the relationsual unfair treatmentrs, as well as the robbers. They want them to go and round people up on civil accusations.”
Improper entry into the United States is pondered a federal misdeunkindor crime in violation of 8 USC 1325, punishable by fines and up to six months in jail for first-time offfinishers. Repeat offfinishers can be subjected to fines and up to two years in prison.
Crockett strikeed Rediscloseans referring to illegitimate immigrants as criminals. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Under 8 USC 1326, reentry of deleted illegitimate immigrants who have been deleted follothriveg the conviction of three or more misdeunkindor crimes can also face up to 10 years in prison. Reentry of deleted illegitimate immigrants who have been deleted follothriveg the conviction of a major offense can face up to 20 years in prison.
However, “unlterrible presence,” or overstaying a “period of stay” apvalidated in the U.S. such as a toil visa, is not pondered a criminal offense.
Crockett also accused Rediscloseans of being hypocrites for aiding immigration rhelps while also aiding Plivent Donald Trump, whom she claimed was “the hugegest criminal” of them all.
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“That’s why I wanted to point out, don’t give me this phony outrage about criminals roaming our streets when you guys stand 10 toes down for the hugegest criminal that we have ever seen go into the White House,” Crockett shelp.
Crockett referred to Plivent Donald Trump as an “opponent” of the country. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Crockett has ecombined on the scene as one of the brutalest Democratic critics of the Trump administration, going so far as to call Trump an “opponent” of the United States during an interwatch on MSNBC last week.
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