🚀 go-pugleaf

"az-willie" <sclause@npole.com> wrote in message
news:KPOEg.204816$k%3.25975@dukeread12...
> Curt said on 8/16/2006 12:25 PM:
> > "az-willie" <sclause@npole.com> wrote in message
> > news:aqIEg.204798$k%3.95987@dukeread12...
> >
> >> Curt said on 8/16/2006 10:18 AM:
> >>
> >>> "Larry (Scratch)" <Scratch@Tigard.OR.com> wrote in message
> >>>
> >
> > .
> >
> >>>>> I think just the "fine the holy piss" option would do just fine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> Disagree curt, they know damn well they are breaking the law. They
are
> >>>> criminals. If you are going to hand out justice and be fair about it
> >>>> (Remember the blindfold on the statue of liberty?) it has got to be
> >>>> across the board. You have to send a signal that this will not be
> >>>> tolerated by any criminal be they a big criminal or a small one. That
> >>>>
> > is
> >
> >>>> being fair.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Well, no, they're not criminals. It's not a crime to be an illegal
> >>>
> > alien.
> >
> >>> You can't go to jail for it. You can only be deported.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> ===========
> >> Actually, they can go to jail for it. They can be charged with
> >> conspiracy to smuggle which is a felony.
> >> And, if caught a second time, they can get 6 months ( without any
> >> conspiracy rap .. just being illegal ).
> >> ===========
> >>
> >
> > I'll take your word for that, although I've never heard of it happening.
> > Conspiracy to smuggle what? Themselves?
> >
> =======
> Yep, when they seek out a coyote to smuggle them and plan how they are
> going to be smuggled -- that is a conspiracy to commit a crime (
> smuggling ).



Ohfergawdsake. Okay, I won't take your word for it. US law can't prosecute a
crime that took place in Mexico.


Curt