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The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/legislation/immigration-and-nationality-act https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-po

• DanBC 6y ago
  Right, but which bit of those do you think makes this specifically a crime?
  • _iyig 6y ago
    Apologies for pedantry - here is the dictionary definition of "crime": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime >1: an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government And from the Code of Laws of the United States of America, linked previously: >Any alien (including an alien crewman) in and admitted to the United States shall, upon the order of the Attorney General, be removed if the alien is within one or more of the following classes of deportable aliens: >(1) Inadmissible at time of entry or of adjustment of status or violates status [...] To reside in the U.S. illegally is prohibited by law, and the government shall punish you with removal to your country of origin. In other words, residing in the U.S. illegally is a crime. EDIT: Downvotes because I'm mistaken, or because you don't like the U.S. Code? If the above analysis is wrong, please correct it.