This is another example of the poor being punished harder. A desperate mother who steals repeatedly will reach felony levels and spend years in prison or face deportation, but a rich teen who steals for fun will stay below felony and get away Scott free.

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CrimsonRain 5 days ago | parent [-]

Rich kid can also keep stealing and face felony. Don't defend stealing.

Also if you're stealing as an immigrant, you should be deported without any questions asked.

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bevhill 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

WOW. Look, being in the country without "authorization" isn't even a crime. It's an administrative matter. Don't go implying that actions are somehow worse when someone who took the risk of moving to a new country does them as opposed to someone who won the birth lottery.

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delichon 5 days ago | parent [-]

The act of entry without inspection is a misdemeanor crime under 8 U.S.C. § 1325. Repeat offenses can be felonies. It is just a civil violation if they have once entered with permission but lost it, e.g. a visa overstay or violation, adjustment denial, status expiration or revocation. So the Biden era catch-and-release rules created millions of such cases.

	▲	otterley 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		You missed the bigger point to focus on the technical inaccuracy: > Don't go implying that actions are somehow worse when someone who took the risk of moving to a new country does them as opposed to someone who won the birth lottery.

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ThrowMeAway1618 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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otterley 5 days ago | parent [-]

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	▲	ThrowMeAway1618 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Apparently, neither is satire. Poe's law[0] rears its ugly head yet again. Sad. https://satirified.com/the-role-of-satire-in-social-commenta... [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law