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Immigration violations are not criminal matters, they're civil. Further, they're federal, not state. You cannot be held by law enforcement or the judiciary for
by KennyBlanken 2y ago
Immigration violations are not criminal matters, they're civil. Further, they're federal, not state.
You cannot be held by law enforcement or the judiciary for being accused of a civil violation.
- prepend 2y agoI thought they were misdemeanor crimes [0] punishable by jail time. So they are crimes, but not huge. I’m not a lawyer or a law enforcement officer, but I thought that local law enforcement can certainly hold someone charged with a federal crime. Eg, if someone commits the federal crime of kidnapping, then local cops can detain that person until transferred to FBI. [0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325