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2024-08-12 21:45:10 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9E22C9FCA0747B888CED68AA8A2A1353F2D7893BBE4D4C8BACF53BD6F020813C
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There is not broad consensus that entering the United States illegally is a crime. In some or many cases, a person who entered the US might be seen as only having committed a civil infraction. https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/24/politics/undocumented-immigrants-not-necessarily-criminal/index.html https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/legal-documents/FINAL_criminalizing_undocumented_immigrants_issue_brief_PUBLIC_VERSION.pdf
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