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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  nope, it’s a civil violation, not a crime.

  but what do Americans care about facts.

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• zbyte64@awful.systems ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s like a parking ticket. Is everyone who had a traffic violation now an illegal person?

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  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In the US, government agents will issue an arrest warrant if you get a traffic violation then fail to participate in the legal system. You have to show up in court or accept default judgement and pay the fine.

    It’s the same with “illegal immigration” except you go into the federal Homeland Security system where the feds are above the law, and the default judgement is “deportation”, which is technically exile unless they send you back to the country you emigrated from, which they put no effort into figuring out.

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    • zbyte64@awful.systems ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “fail to participate in the legal system”

      Given my own experience with a brother-in-law being deprorted to a country where he cannot legally work, this sounds like a euphemism. We participated in the legal system, lawyers and all.

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