Yes, illegal border crossers are breaking the law
Opinion by Byron York - Yesterday 8:28 AM
YES, ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSERS ARE BREAKING THE LAW. The Sept. 19 newsletter discussed the mass hysteria over the arrival of 48 Venezuelan illegal border crossers in Martha's Vineyard on a flight orchestrated by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. In reference to the newsletter, I tweeted this: "Problem with the Martha's Vineyard freakout is that the debate ignores the real problem. We're talking about how to accommodate illegal border crossers once they are in the country, and not about how to prevent people from crossing illegally into the U.S."
The tweet set off a wave of indignant reaction. The people I described as "illegal border crossers," many said, are most definitely not illegal. "These were asylum seekers," said one respondent. "They are not here illegally." "These people were here legally," said another. "Asylum seekers are not illegals," said a third. "They're seeking asylum, they're not 'illegal border crossers,'" said a fourth. "Asylum seekers are not illegal, but we know your game," said a fifth. And on and on.
Even observers with some experience in government claimed the illegal border crossers were, in fact, legal border crossers. "This is a point that must be emphasized: The Venezuelans whom DeSantis flew to Martha's Vineyard were in the United States seeking asylum," tweeted the Democratic activist and fundraiser Bill Kristol. "They followed U.S. law."
No, they did not. This is the simple fact: It is illegal to enter the U.S. without authorization, as all the Venezuelans did when they waded across the Rio Grande into Texas. Again: It is not legal to do that — wading across the Rio Grande is not a legal way to enter the U.S. Such an offense is punishable by up to six months in prison. A second offense — that is, doing it again after being returned to Mexico following a first offense, as many migrants do — is punishable by up to two years behind bars.
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