They're not criminals. Being here illegally isn't a crime...
Some are illegal entrants, others are visa overstayers. To cover both of them, the word "undocumented" serves best...
In 2008, when Christie was the U.S. attorney in New Jersey, he told a church forum that “being in this country without proper documentation is not a crime.”
Christie, who was appointed to that position by President George W. Bush, went on to say that an immigrant lacking documents is a civil wrong. “The whole phrase of 'illegal immigrant' connotes that the person, by just being here, is committing a crime,” he said then. “Don't let people make you believe that that's a crime that the U.S. attorney's office should be doing something about."




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