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Merged Due process in the US

Clutch Cargo said:
Trump is doing what he sees worth doing. But he is a very successful businessman and he understands that if his assessments are incorrect he doesn't allow his ego to interfere with making the right (or better) choice or even change. That is how success is measured and that is also why he is a better president than B-movie actors, peanut farmers, CIA agents, DEI shoe-ins, business under-achievers, geriatric zombies, and those who lie about being middle class climbers. Trump will be recognised as one of the best presidents the US has ever had. :usa:
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Tero said:
Er...that is how failure is measured. Every Trump hunch was a failure. That is why he failed in all those casinos.
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Wow, I've been misinformed. I've been told that he won the election and that he is (at this very moment) the president of the United States. :usa:
 
Tero said:
HAPPENING NOW -PressSec: "All foreign nationals present in the United States longer than 30 days must register with the federal government. Failure to comply with this is a crime punishable by fines, imprisonment, or both... If not, you will be arrested, fined, deported, never to return to our country again."
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HAPPENING NOW - PressSec: "All foreign nationals present in the United States longer than 30 days must register with the federal government. Failure to comply with this is a crime punishable by fines, imprisonment, or both... If not, you will be arrested, fined, deported, never to return to our...
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Only Congress can pass laws that define what a crime is. The executive branch cannot invent new crimes.
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Here you go:

 
theprestige said:
"All foreign nationals present in the United States longer than 30 days must register with the federal government. Failure to comply with this is a crime punishable by fines, imprisonment, or both... If not, you will be arrested, fined, deported, never to return to our country again."
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I can guarantee it will never be enforced "to the letter". There will be thousands of exceptions on an individual basis. I lived and worked illegally in Australia some years ago. About every two years an amnesty was offered to anyone who "turned himself in". I am sure the US will offer some similar deal.
 
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The Smith Act appears to be one of those lovely laws that noone really cares about, because it's never been enforced, until it suddenly is.
 
Norman Alexander said:
Standard US tourist visas (B2) are valid for six (6) months. And tourists are "foreign nationals".

Can someone please slap this woman upside the head? About a dozen times? And shout these things in her ear?
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Just fill out the form, it's not that big of a deal. Nothing has changed with the visa
 
Hercules56 said:
Yes, this little legal loophole can be abused to keep citizens from getting back into their country, OR to force citizens to give up their phones, computers, notepads, and answer questions without a warrant or arrest. Bill of Rights doesn't apply outside the USA.
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It's been like that for a long time, a lot of countries do it. I'd be scrubbing those .mp3s that you downloaded from Napster in 2001 before crossing any border if I were you. Just take cheap burner devices you can afford to lose and store all your "stuff" in the cloud.
 
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Hercules56 said:
Says NOTHING about it being a crime to be an alien in the USA without being registered. President Tramp simply made that up.
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JayUtah said:
Correct. This part of the code is simply describing what the implementing agencies should do. It does not establish either criminal or civil liability for a failure to comply.
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And no, I don't think the WH Press Secretary referring to violation of this law colloquially as "a crime" can reasonably be interpreted as the President inventing a new crime beyond his executive authority. If you read the EO she's referring to, nowhere does it say that this violation is a crime.
 
Tero said:
But there are tourist here for more than 30 days. They can stay 180 days. None of that or similar sites explain if they must register. They are not this "aliens" plopped down here from the sky. They are simply tourists.
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If the law isn't clear to you, and you fear you might be found in violation of it, you should probably consult an immigration lawyer.

Besides, other parts of the law define what does and does not count as an alien, in exhaustive detail. I bet your confusion has already been addressed in those section.

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Amusingly, it could be argued that the definition includes your space aliens as well.

I could do this all day. But do I want to?

ETAA: Okay, so not exhaustive detail. My bad.
 
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theprestige said:
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And no, I don't think the WH Press Secretary referring to violation of this law colloquially as "a crime" can reasonably be interpreted as the President inventing a new crime beyond his executive authority. If you read the EO she's referring to, nowhere does it say that this violation is a crime.
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No, none of this establishes being an unregistered alien as a crime. It is not a crime, punishable by fine or prison, to be in the USA illegally. Nor is their any criminal statute stating a criminal penalty for doing such. The only possible penalty, is deportation. Which is simply an administrative procedure.

To put it simply, if you are deported from the USA because you are here on vacation but didn't register, your criminal history is clean.

Beyond this, a crime is something you stand trial for, before a judge & jury. You cannot be put on trial before a judge in jury for being in the USA without registration. Cuz its not a actual crime.
 
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Stout said:
Just fill out the form, it's not that big of a deal. Nothing has changed with the visa
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Who will provide this form? And will I leave it with one of the bellboys of one of the many hotels where I am staying? Or in the room trashcan for the cleaning staff to gather?

AUSWEISS, BITTE!
 
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Norman Alexander said:
Who will provide this form? And will I leave it with one of the bellboys of one of the many hotels where I am staying? Or in the room trashcan for the cleaning staff to gather?

AUSWEISS, BITTE!
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Port of entry? Online?

I know, those I-94s can be tedious and don't get me started on the massive inconvenience of carrying around an extra piece of paper in your wallet. At least these G-325Rs are free. Freakin' Australia charged me $20 for an ETA.
 
Stout said:
Port of entry? Online?

I know, those I-94s can be tedious and don't get me started on the massive inconvenience of carrying around an extra piece of paper in your wallet. At least these G-325Rs are free. Freakin' Australia charged me $20 for an ETA.
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Every 30 days i need to re-register, whatever that means? How do they expect to find us if we miss a deadline? Divination?

It's stupid. If you want to track people, travellers already register at hotels using passports. Use that data, for Odin's sake.
 
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