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Sam Farr: And I am just curious as to why this penalty is a more severe penalty than if an individual was caught as an illegal…

On the recordJuly 20, 1998
And I am just curious as to why this penalty is a more severe penalty than if an individual was caught as an illegal alien. If a person crosses the border with no papers, they are not entitled to be in this country, they are not a tourist and they come to this country and they are caught, even if they were doing this kind of activity, being involved in a campaign, which I cannot imagine that, but if they were, the penalty here is more severe. Why is that?
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Questioning the severity of penalties for illegal aliens compared to other offenses.

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