Tuesday, April 29, 2008

U.S. Attorney In New Jersey: An Undocumented Alien In U.S. Is Not Breaking The Law


Talk about hogwash. Domestic U.S. policy is not my focus here at Holger Awakens but it doesn't mean I'm not passionate about it and this article here from NewJersey.com really caught my eye. Here's what the U.S. Attorney in New Jersey said at a public forum:


"Being in this country without proper documentation is not a crime," Christie told more than 60 residents and town officials. "The whole phrase of 'illegal immigrant' connotes that the person, by just being here, is committing a crime."
"Don't let people make you believe that that's a crime that the U.S. Attorney's Office should be doing something about," he added of entering the country illegally. "It is not."

Boy, no wonder we have some issues tackling this problem, huh?! So let me get this straight...If I enter my neighbor's house without permission, I can be arrested for breaking and entering, but if a Mexican without permission swims across the Rio Grande and enters the U.S., he has broken no law? Then why the hell do people line up at border crossings? Why in the hell do I have to go through the game of 30 questions everytime I reenter the U.S. from Canada?

Christie went on later to explain that the only way you can technically be labeled an "illegal" alien is if you were caught in the U.S., deported back to where you came from, and then returned. Hahaha! We have over half the country begging for a fence to be built to keep the hordes of illegals out of this land and here we have one of the most powerful law enforcement officials on the East Coast more or less saying that a fence would be illegal in itself.

Perhaps when 3 out of 5 hospitals in Christie's hometown have shut down due to losses attributed to caring for emergency room illegals and there's a large MS-13 gang located down the street from his 4 bedroom tudor, he might change his tune.


Christie: Immigrants are not criminals

U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie surprised many at a Dover church public forum when he said sneaking into the United States is not a criminal act.
"Being in this country without proper documentation is not a crime," Christie told more than 60 residents and town officials. "The whole phrase of 'illegal immigrant' connotes that the person, by just being here, is committing a crime."
Being undocumented may be a civil wrong, but it's not a criminal act, Christie said.
"Don't let people make you believe that that's a crime that the U.S. Attorney's Office should be doing something about," he added of entering the country illegally. "It is not."
After touching on the usual topics of his corruption-busting career and battles against gang violence, Christie fielded questions -- mostly on immigration issues -- from Morris County residents and community leaders in an open forum that at times grew heated.
The U.S. attorney had been invited by the local chapter of the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey, a statewide group formed to empower Latinos to obtain political, economic and social equity, and hosted by the First United Methodist Church of Dover.
While Christie told the audience it doesn't take a "genius" to see there's a "serious immigration problem" in this country, he stressed an undocumented immigrant is not a criminal unless that person re-enters the country after being deported.

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