"It used to be the US Attorneys didn't care about illegal entry - just get them deported as fast as possible. Because when they come back, illegal reentry after deportation is a much more serious crime, which can range all the way to double-digit years in prison. The bulk of cases in a border state will be illegal reentry after deportation."

"But you don't need the initial illegal entry to make that happen, just a deportation on file, thus 'time served.'"

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@wohali

1) All of this is horribly bad.

2) Using military lawyers in a civilian capacity? There's no disturbing implications there at all.

Later, probably:

"Relax! *smirk* *lies about everything*"

Later still, if people resist:

"OK, so not doing that."

A short while later:

*Does it anyway or the equivalent, in one form or another*

@shoutcacophony My lawyer friend says that ~half of the criminal docket in southern California is immigration-related crimes (traditionally speaking).

It's usually 8 USC 1324, alien smuggling, and 8 USC 1326, illegal reentry after deportation.

Illegal entry is 8 USC 1325, and only once had he ever pleaded a guy to that. And that was plea down from a 8 USC 1326. So he got six months in jail instead of 2 years in prison.

@wohali First thought: how many of those people are lost in the system, or otherwise further railroaded by some other means