Protecting Trump’s enemies from prosecution just reinforces the idea of politics as retribution. Instead, Democrats should be defending his most vulnerable targets.
Protecting Trump’s enemies from prosecution just reinforces the idea of politics as retribution. Instead, Democrats should be defending his most vulnerable targets.
I am not an immigration lawyer, but I question exactly how much Biden can do here. Simply being undocumented is not a crime. Now, some undocumented immigrants commit crimes in the process of coming here, but in most cases being undocumented is a civil violation, not a criminal one . So, what exactly is there to pardon?
Now. If Biden wanted to be real snarky, he could pardon Elon Musk for any crimes committed with regards to his immigration status. I don’t think he committed any, other than the rumor that he once crossed the land border after being denied entry on a plane from Canada. But that puts Musk in the position of having to formally acknowledge the “grey area” in his immigration journey, and put the GOP’s hypocrisy about this on center stage.
It is, but it’s a misdemeanor. It’s not terribly serious, all things considered.
No, it is not a crime by itself.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/dec/02/kathy-sheehan/being-undocumented-immigrant-us-not-crime/
You are confusing this with entering the US illegally, which is a crime, and typically a misdemeanor on the first offense
https://www.alllaw.com/articles/nolo/us-immigration/crime-enter-illegally.html
But quite a few undocumented people here (perhaps the majority, I didn’t look it up) came here with permission, but then overstayed their visa. They committed no crime in doing that, but if discovered they are subject to civil penalties, including deportation.