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I doubt that this is the logic but there are different standards of evidence. If the traveler faces a criminal charge they'll get an attorney and the government
by jrumbut 4y ago
I doubt that this is the logic but there are different standards of evidence. If the traveler faces a criminal charge they'll get an attorney and the government will need to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
In a civil case, it's likely to be about the preponderance of evidence and in front of some non-court administrative body there may be no particular standard of evidence at all.
- akiselev 4y agoImmigration courts aren’t real courts and the judges are part of the executive branch (Department of Justice), not the judicial branch [1]. Their evidentiary standards are closer to “nonexistent” than to preponderance of evidence. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Judge_(United_States) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Judge_(United_St...